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NPM 2022 Day 22: The Wisdom of Trees

April 22, 2022April 20, 2022 / jenabenton / 2 Comments

Oh dear readers, I’m delighted to share with you today’s poetry picture book.  It’s another top favorite find for this month! Continue reading →

NPM 2022 Day 21: What the Road Said

April 21, 2022April 19, 2022 / jenabenton / Leave a comment

Today’s poetry picture book would be great for graduation presents. Continue reading →

NPM 2022 Day 20: Walking on Earth & Touching the Sky

April 20, 2022April 19, 2022 / jenabenton / 2 Comments

Today’s book is a bit older, but it is a collection of student work that’s absolutely lovely. Continue reading →

NPM 2022 Day 19: Dinothesaurus

April 19, 2022April 17, 2022 / jenabenton / Leave a comment

While this book originally came out in 2009, it is both written and illustrated by Douglas Florian.  A poet AND an author-illustrator?  Now that is a rare find! Continue reading →

NPM 2022 Day 18: Construction People

April 18, 2022April 17, 2022 / jenabenton / Leave a comment

Since I mentioned dirt yesterday, I feel like that’s the perfect lead in to CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE, another poetry picture book collection by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Continue reading →

NPM 2022 Day 17: The Dirt Book

April 17, 2022April 9, 2022 / jenabenton / Leave a comment

Speaking of earth, have you read David L. Harrison’s DIRT BOOK yet? Continue reading →

NPM 2022 Day 16: Legacy

April 16, 2022April 9, 2022 / jenabenton / Leave a comment

Nikki Grimes has put together another collection of Golden Shovel poems inspired by poets from the Harlem Renaissance, but this time, the poets are all women! Continue reading →

NPM 2022 Day 15: Hip Hop Speaks to Children

April 15, 2022April 9, 2022 / jenabenton / Leave a comment

This book was originally published in 2008 but I was pleasantly surprised by it. Continue reading →

NPM 2022 Day 14: Hop To It

April 14, 2022April 9, 2022 / jenabenton / 1 Comment

Can I just take a minute to praise Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong? Continue reading →

NPM 2022 Day 13: Woke

April 13, 2022April 9, 2022 / jenabenton / 2 Comments

I was pleasantly surprised by today’s poetry picture book collection. Continue reading →

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