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November 28, 2019November 26, 2019

The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems

The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko (Author) and Richard Jones (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Be they practical (how to mix a pancake or how to bird-watch) or fanciful (how to scare monsters or how to be a snowflake), the poems in this book boast a flair and joy that you won’t find in any instruction manual. Poets from Kwame Alexander to Pat Mora to Allan Wolf share the way to play hard, to love nature, and to be grateful.

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A 2019 Cybils Poetry nominee

November 27, 2019November 26, 2019

I Am Someone Else

I Am Someone Else: Poems About Pretending
by Lee Bennett Hopkins (Editor) and Chris Hsu (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Kids can imagine pretending and dressing up in this poetry collection as fifteen poets write about who they might like to be, musing what life would be like as a wizard, a firefighter, a video-game inventor, and more.

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Cool Creations
by Darren Sardelli

Wearing a hard hat,
boots on my feet,
I’ll smooth out each sidewalk,
pave every street!

Driving a dump truck,
bulldozer, too.
Laying down train tracks.
I’ll love what I’ll do.

A 2019 Cybils Poetry nominee