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| Grandits, John |
Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems
This unusual book presents poems centered around an eleven-year-old boy named Robert and everything that interests (such as bodily functions, skateboarding and sports0 and doesn't interest him (such as school, walking the dog and linguine). |
| Janeczko, Paul, Selector |
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems, illustrated by Chris Raschka
A concrete poem is a playful poem where the words might take the shape of the subject of the poem, or present homonyms or homophones (see title) in an amusing way. Thirty concrete poems are presented with visually appealling illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner Raschka. |
| Prelutsky, Jack |
If Not for the Cat, illustrated by Ted Rand
Seventeen hiaku function as animal riddles if one reads them aloud and doesn't show the stunning illustrations by the late Ted Rand. |
| Silverstein, Shel |
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
Silverstein died all too young in 1999. This volume, published posthumously this spring (2005), presents poems featuring spoonerisms and Silverstein's prototypical black and white line illustrations. The poetry features Runny Babbit, his family and friends and their antics. Students love to try and read the poems aloud and they work well when re-read correcting the word-play. |
| Weatherford, Carole Boston |
Birmingham, 1963
This eloquent and searing poem is set in Birmingham, in 1963, the year the un-named narrator turns ten. Her tenth birthday is September 15, the day that the bombs planted by the Ku Klux Klan blows up the back of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four young girls who had left their Sunday School class to go to the bathroom.
Lines of poetry on the grey toned verso pages are paired with black and white images of the struggle for Civil Rights. The only color in the book is red - random red rectangles and odd shapes splatter the pages of the poem.
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