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[psvid] “The First” (J. Patrick Lewis)

April 30, 2013 By Laura

Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. It’s the last day of April, and it’s been quite an adventure doing these Poem Starter Videos. I’ll share more about the process later, but I have to say it was very intimidating! I so appreciate all the fabulous poets who gave […]

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[psvid] “Werewolf Warning” (Bobbi Katz)

April 29, 2013 By Laura

Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from The Monsterologist: A Memoir in Rhyme (Sterling, 2009), by Bobbi Katz.?The premise of the collection is that a kid finds his uncle’s (shoot, I think it’s his uncle–I don’t have the book in front of me!) diaries. His […]

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[psvid] “A Fishy Spell” (Tamera Will Wissinger)

April 28, 2013 By Laura

Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from Gone Fishing: A novel (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013), by Tamera Will Wissinger.?I love this novel in verse with a boy main character and aimed at second through fourth graders.?And on top of that, it’s truly told in individual […]

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[psvid] “Blustering Buster” (Linda Ashman)

April 27, 2013 By Laura

Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from M IS FOR MISCHIEF: An A to Z of Naughty Children(Dutton, 2008), by Linda Ashman. Linda is such a fun and creative rhymer. As with Douglas Florian, one of my favorite rejections was when an editor compared my […]

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[psvid] “Book Plate” (Laura Purdie Salas)

April 25, 2013 By Laura

Happy National Poetry Month and Happy Poetry Friday! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. I’m?making this post live Thursday evening fo all you early-birds.?Please put your links in Mr. Linky at the bottom of the post. I have been out of town most of the week, but I can’t wait to visit […]

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[psvid] “Adaptation” (Tracie Vaughn Zimmer)

April 25, 2013 By Laura

For all you 15 Words or Less folks, your mission is to watch the Poem Starter Video and take on its challenge in, yes, 15 Words or Less. And I’m out doing school and library events today but will get back to read your poems tomorrow or over the weekend:>) OK, thanks for dropping by […]

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[psvid] “Bluejay Sings Two Different Songs” (Mary Lee Hahn)

April 24, 2013 By Laura

Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from The Poetry Friday Anthology (Common Core K-5 edition): Poems for the School Year with Connections to the Common Core?(Pomelo, 2013), edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, one of my very favorite anthologies to recommend to teachers because […]

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[psvid] “The Guy in the Closet” (Heidi Bee Roemer)

April 23, 2013 By Laura

Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from The Poetry Friday Anthology (Common Core K-5 edition): Poems for the School Year with Connections to the Common Core?(Pomelo, 2013), edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, one of my very favorite anthologies to recommend to teachers because […]

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[psvid] “Song of the Boat” (Kate Coombs)

April 22, 2013 By Laura

Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. We’re winding down into the last full week–I hope you’re having a great month! Today’s poem comes from Water Sings Blue (Chronicle, 2012), by?Kate Coombs. Kate is a magical writer–I hope you seek out both her poetry and her prose. It’s all […]

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[psvid] “Guinea Pig” (Lisa Wheeler)

April 21, 2013 By Laura

Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. It’s a guinea pig weekend! Yesterday’s poem started came from a book called Guinea Pig Town, and today’s poem is “Guinea Pig,” by Lisa Wheeler, queen of wordplay. Lisa’s brand new book, The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses?(Atheneum, 2013), centers […]

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