“I have never started a poem whose end I knew. Writing the poem is discovering.”
—Robert Frost, New York Times (7 Nov. 1955)
Hello from the Library Girl!
April is National Poetry Month, and they’re celebrating over at Poets.org. Scholastic Teachers has loads of info to share (for teachers, staff and parents, too). Wikipedia has a useful entry on how National Poetry Month began in 1996.
Some of the most popular poetry books in our school library are by Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, and Calef Brown. There are many other poetry collections (by various authors) and those are great, too. One of the best titles ever for a poetry book is: “Frankenstein makes a sandwich: and other stories you’re sure to like, because they’re all about monsters, and some of them are also about food…” by Adam Rex. It’s a funny book, and really popular with the kids. We have some wonderful biographies about poets, too, including profiles of Robert Frost, Maya Angelo, Langston Hughes and Emily Dickinson.
PS — Don’t forget to turn in those overdue library books. The end of the school year will be here before you know it, and it’s almost time for me to take inventory of our collection. Thank you!
— Ms. Nancy
“Overdues” by Shel Silverstein
What do I do?
What do I do?
This library book is 42
Years overdue.
I admit that it’s mine
But I can’t pay the fine – should I turn it in
Or hide it again?
What do I do?
What do I do?
1 response so far ↓
1 felipe p. // Apr 22, 2010 at 8:51 am
wooot