Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.)
I saw an early version of Linda Booth Sweeney’s When the Wind Blows, and it was already a lovely, image-drenched story! It’s super exciting for me to seeit now in published form! Congratulations, Linda. This is just a beautiful book! For this poetryaction, I imagined what the storm would be like if it were happening at my house, with my beagle, Captain Jack Sparrow–who can howl louder than the wind, but who enjoys a good storm.
Did I mention Jack is a little messy?
Check out my Pinterest boards of poetryactions and bookalikes if you’d like to see more. And poet/publisher Janet Wong has the Poetry Friday Roundup today at Poetry for Children. Let the wind blow you right on over there to enjoy more poems:>)
22 Responses
Oh, the dog towels! I am so with you, Laura. Just smiling over here in dog community. Such a story here in such few words! I love that. xo
Aw, thanks, Amy! The number of towels we go through is astonishing! I was just thinking of you as I sent off a chapter book with a sheep main character (totally separate from my wool-mittens sheep picture book that will come out someday).
The book looks wonderful, Laura, on my list, and I can just see Jack shaking. I’m wishing for a little rainstorm here, would love to see the wind blow!
The above is my comment-don’t know why it ended up anonymous!
I do love a good storm! It’s a fun book:>)
Wonderful I love when you write and shear pic of Jack 🙂
Thanks, Jessica. He’s such a hoot. Or a howl!
This makes me miss our sweet mutt, Woody — we had him for 14 crazy-wonderful years and went through LOTS of towels here in Seattle!
Oh, boy. Seattle. Seems like it would have a smog of the smell of wet-dog. I never thought about that before:>) A toast to Woody and tons of towels:>)
Laura, I enjoy reading your poetryaction snippets and think that these are responses I will share with teachers this fall during PD sessions.
This week I was able to leave a response. Last week I couldn’t. Who knows why???
Yay! I changed the settings. I didn’t realize so many people were having trouble Commenting. I experimented around, and I think it’s *mostly* solved. Whew!
Thank you, Carol! I’m hoping to do a few short posts later this fall where I talk about different approaches to poetryactions and then link to some examples of them. I appreciate your sharing them!
Love this, Laura. I can see Jack shaging away!
Oops! I meant SHAKING away. Though if I’d put two “g“s in my response, that would have interesting. 🙂
Oh, dear. Though neutered, Jack does an awful lot of that, too! I giggled when I read your initial comment:>)
Ah, the smell of wet dog towels…nope, don’t miss it!
Hehe
This hit a soft spot. I own 3 dogs and this was vivid to me as seeing my own dogs scamper and shake.
Thanks, Myra. I love a good storm, but the shaking–not so much:>)
Hi, Laura, thanks for joining our Poetry Friday this week! By the way, I’ve been meaning to tell you how much I love your “poetry actions”– so clever and such a great resource for teachers and librarians!
Thanks, Sylvia–I have fun with them :>)