{"id":599,"date":"2019-12-02T08:20:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T16:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=599"},"modified":"2019-12-02T07:43:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:43:32","slug":"my-first-book-of-haiku-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/my-first-book-of-haiku-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Book of Haiku Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firsthaiku_0-595x580.jpg?resize=525%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"512\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10158\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/37V7goT\">My First Book of Haiku Poems: a Picture, a Poem and a Dream; Classic Poems by Japanese Haiku Masters<\/a><br \/>\nby Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen (Author) and Tracy Gallup (Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> A fully bilingual children&#8217;s book, this poetry collection includes the original versions of the Japanese poems (in Japanese script and Romanized form) on each page alongside the English translation. <em>Commentaries offer parents and teachers ready-made &#8220;food for thought&#8221; to share with young readers and stimulate a conversation about each work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firsthaiku_1-595x593.jpg?resize=525%2C523&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"523\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10159\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firsthaiku_2-595x592.jpg?resize=525%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"522\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10160\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cybils.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9825 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cybils-Logo-2019-Large-595x385.jpg?resize=525%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cybils.com\/2019\/10\/2019-nominations-poetry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019 Cybils Poetry nominee<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the book, you are invited to write a haiku for the painting . . . <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firsthaiku_3-595x297.jpg?resize=525%2C262&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"262\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10161\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Will you take the next step and write <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/critique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">your own children&#8217;s book<\/a> in 2020?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My First Book of Haiku Poems: a Picture, a Poem and a Dream; Classic Poems by Japanese Haiku Masters by Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen (Author) and Tracy Gallup (Illustrator) Booktalk: A fully bilingual children&#8217;s book, this poetry collection includes the original versions of the Japanese poems (in Japanese script and Romanized form) on each page alongside the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/my-first-book-of-haiku-poems\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My First Book of Haiku Poems&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-9F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":307,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/haiku-kidlit-rain\/","url_meta":{"origin":599,"position":0},"title":"Haiku #kidlit Rain","author":"@roberta3","date":"February 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Want to share a children\u2019s picture book for National Haiku Writing Month?\u00a0 Rain by Anders Holmer is a lovely choice. 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