Poetry Month

by Horn Book
Apr 27, 2017 | Filed in Features & Opinion

Anyone who is Facebook friends with Roger Sutton knows about his abiding love for poetry; he posts a poem and accompanying photograph nearly every day.

Anyone who is Facebook friends with Roger Sutton knows about his abiding love for poetry; he posts a poem and accompanying photograph nearly every day. Here's The Horn Book's answer to the question "What Makes Good Poetry?"

• From the Editor: "Treat a poem like a picture book: read it, read it again, read it aloud, look at it."
• Five Questions for Joyce Sidman
• Recommended Poetry: Preschool and Primary; Intermediate; Young Adult
• An Open Letter for National Poetry Month: "Dear Mr. Silverstein, dear Ms. Goose, dear Mr. Prelutsky, dear Dr. Seuss…"
• Poem in Your Pocket Day 2017
• Roses Are Red and Poems Don't Have to Rhyme by Junior Library Guild's Deborah B. Ford

From the April 2017 Spring News edition of The Horn Book Herald.

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