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Great Poems Invictus by William Ernest Henley - 0 views

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    The Great Poets: William Ernest Henley 23 August 1849 - July 11 1903 is a poet,literary critic and British publisher. In 1875,he wrote from his hospital bed in the famous poem Invictus whose Latin title means invincible.He himself said that he wrote this poem as a show of resistance to pain after his foot amputation. When writing this text,William Henley was twenty-five years.He survives his surgery and live with one foot until the age of fifty-three.This poem is published for the first time in 1888 in a collection of Henley,in a series of four articles about life and death. - See more at: http://classicalnovels.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-great-poets-invictus-william-ernest.html
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    The Great Poets: William Ernest Henley 23 August 1849 - July 11 1903 is a poet,literary critic and British publisher. In 1875,he wrote from his hospital bed in the famous poem Invictus whose Latin title means invincible.He himself said that he wrote this poem as a show of resistance to pain after his foot amputation. When writing this text,William Henley was twenty-five years.He survives his surgery and live with one foot until the age of fifty-three.This poem is published for the first time in 1888 in a collection of Henley,in a series of four articles about life and death. - See more at: http://classicalnovels.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-great-poets-invictus-william-ernest.html
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Poems to Dream Together: Poemas Para Sonar Juntos by Francisco Alarcon - 0 views

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    Poems to Dream Together by Francisco Alarcon is a great poetry book. This book is a collection of poems. The poems are in Spanish and English. The poems have subjects like: childhood, teacher experiences, and ones about the future. They are very short and have lots of meaning that will effect the children positively. This book has a wide range of topics and many can read it due to the number of languages in it. This is a great poetry book for children ages seven to nine. A great picture book to visualize the meaning of the poems. This book can be found in Penn State libraries.
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AWARD WINNER:The Tinkerbell Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry goes to...Almost ... - 16 views

Dear Carol Diggory Shields, Congratulations on winning The Tinkerbell Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry. Although this is not a nationally recognized award, this is a very important awar...

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Street Music: City Poems, by Arnold Adoff - 0 views

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    This book includes 15 different poems about city life. It includes colorful pictures, tons of metaphors, and beautiful poems. This book depicts what it's like to live in the city by describing it in full detail including all of the 5 senses. Kids will love the pictures and the descriptions. Excellent for showing what it's like to live in a city if you are in a very rural area.
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Almost Late for School - Carol Diggory Shields - 0 views

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    Almost Late to School is a collection of poems about school. The book starts off with a poem about the first day of school. Then, the topics range from getting along with classmates to detention to what happens after school. These poems will probably make any student laugh! The illustrations in this book are very cute and colorful. Almost Late to School would be a fantastic book to read in a classroom after a very long and stressful day. What I really like about this book is that it does a great job at introducing poetry to children in a very humorous way that they can understand. When you want to look at this book, let me know.
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Shel's Books - 0 views

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    This book is my personal favorite poetry book.  I remember reading this when I was young and all the kids in my class loved it too. Shel Silverstein, the author of many books of prose and poetry, really did a wonderful job with this one. Where the Sidewalk Ends has tons of poems and great illustrations to go along with each one.  Every poem is packed with humor and imagination.  One weekness for might be that it doesn't tell one continuous story.  This book would make an excellent source for a coffee house or readers theater.
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You Have to Write: Janet S. Wong - 0 views

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    You have to Write by Janet S. Wong is a book about girls and boys struggling to write. The book is composed of short poems on teaching children on how to write. It starts by stating that the students do not like to write. The reason is due to the children not knowing what to write about. They have so many things going on in shcool and in their lives that they miss many opportunities to write. The students can write about anything that is happening in their lives. The book describes the writing process that children can understand. Overall, the book is very good and educational to help the struggling students learn to write. This is a wonderful book for children grades K-4 who are struggling to write. This book is available through Penn State libraries.
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A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock - 0 views

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    This book is about a little boy who is relaxing by the lake and a fly goes by. The little boy grows curious as to why the fly flew past so fast. He catches up to the fly and finds out he is running from a frog. This begins a story where various animals and a man are running from the thing that comes after them. The little boy finally figures out that the animals aren't chasing after each other and that one noise started it all. The repetitive rhyming nature of this book will hook children instantly. The book does an amazing job in combining the elements of a story and poetry. This would be a great book to use in a poetry unit to show that poems aren't always just a few lines long.
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Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss - 0 views

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    Oh! The Places You'll Go is about a boy starting off on his journey to Great Places. He's "off and away!" He's got brains and feet, and can go in any direction he chooses. He's fresh and excited about his latest adventure, and he knows nothing will stop him. This stories strength is that it tells a story by using poetry, but makes it very fun and interesting for children. From a teacher's point of view, I think it would be an outstanding novel to incorporate with a poetry lesson to show children that poems can be stories, too. I do have this book, so if you would like to check it out, let me know. Enjoy (;
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America, My New Home : Wordsong Poetry by Monica Gunning - 0 views

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    "America, My New Home" tells a young girl's journey to America through poetry. She compares her new home to her old one in Jamaica in twenty-three different poems. This book shows that you don't have to tell a story the old-fashioned way. You can do it using poetry as well. A great way to get children to write poetry is through a story about themselves like the girl did in the book.
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The Tinkerbell Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry - 6 views

The Tinkerbell Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry is about books that contain stories written through the use of poems. Poetry is not commonly used in classrooms and maintains a negative co...

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