How to Write a Poem

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In this evocative and playful companion to their New York Times bestselling picture book How to Read a Book, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander teams up with poet Deanna Nikaido and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet to celebrate the magic of discovering your very own poetry in the world around you.

Begin

with a question

like an acorn

waiting for spring.

From this first stanza, readers are invited to pay attention—and to see that paying attention itself is poetry. Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido’s playful text and Melissa Sweet’s dynamic, inventive artwork are paired together to encourage readers to listen, feel, and discover the words that dance in the world around them—poems just waiting to be written down.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quill Tree Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 4, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0063060906
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0063060906
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 – 8 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 0.5 x 10.25 inches
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool – 3
Best Sellers Rank: #71,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #164 in Children’s Books about Libraries & Reading #332 in Stories in Verse #1,146 in Children’s Beginner Readers
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