Book Reviews
Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Melissa SweetPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp.9/25 9780358334767 $19.99In eight pairs of poems, Sidman creates dialogues between two subjects, some in nature (cloud and droplets), some human-made elements (button and coat). For example, in the first poem, an oak...
How Elegant the Elephant: Poems About Animals and Insects by Mary Ann Hoberman; illus. by Marla Frazee Primary Tingley/Little, Brown 88 pp. 3/25 9780316417129 $20.99 e-book ed. 9780316584968 $12.99 As an introduction by the late Hoberman explains, for this collection she selected favorite poems of hers “about animals and insects”...
A Forest Song by Kirsten Hall; illus. by Evan TurkPrimary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.2/25 9780593480366 $18.99Library ed. 9780593480373 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593480380 $8.99This cento (a poem composed of passages from other writers) pays reverent tribute to the natural world, weaving together the words of poets such as Emily Dickinson, Mary...
The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees by Amy Novesky; illus. by Jessica LovePrimary, Intermediate Viking 32 pp.2/25 9780593526392 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593526408 $10.99Novesky provides a snapshot of Plath (1932–1963) inspired by her poems and letters about her brief experience with beekeeping. The text...
In the Desert by David Elliott; illus. by Gordy Wright Primary Candlewick 40 pp. 3/25 9781536223385 $18.99 In fifteen verses, Elliott celebrates creatures who inhabit the Sahara Desert—and, in one introductory poem, the desert itself. As always in this winning series (see At the Poles, rev. 9/23, and eight other...
Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock: A Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters! by Vikram Madan; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Wordsong/Astra 128 pp. 11/24 9781635928174 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781635928181 $11.99 This humorous collection features twenty-five story-poems presented in an innovative comic format. Kooky cartoon characters star...
The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets selected by Irene Latham and Charles Waters; illus. by Mercè López Primary Carolrhoda 40 pp. 10/24 9781728492100 $18.99 This collection features twenty poems about real-life mistakes each of the poets made in childhood. The contributors include Linda Sue Park, Matt Forrest...
Fast Cheetah, Slow Tortoise: Poems of Animal Opposites by Bette Westera; illus. by Mies van Hout; trans. from Dutch by David Colmer Primary Eerdmans 40 pp. 9/24 9780802856357 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781467468657 $18.99 This quirky, inviting picture book–length poetry collection acts as a visual dictionary of opposites. Sixteen pairs of...
Grace Notes: Poems About Families by Naomi Shihab Nye Middle School, High School Greenwillow 240 pp. 5/24 9780062691873 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780062691897 $11.99 Nye’s (most recently Everything Comes Next, rev. 1/21) latest collection of free verse poems is divided into two parts: “No Age Is Empty” and “Sometimes We Need...
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