Read! read! read!

"Twenty-three poems capture the joys of reading from that thrilling moment when a child first learns to decipher words to the excitement that follows in reading everything from road signs to field guides to internet articles to stories. These poems also explore what reading does, lyrically celebrati...

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Main Author: VanDerwater, Amy Ludwig (Author)
Other Authors: O'Rourke, Ryan (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : WordSong, an imprint of Highlights, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"Twenty-three poems capture the joys of reading from that thrilling moment when a child first learns to decipher words to the excitement that follows in reading everything from road signs to field guides to internet articles to stories. These poems also explore what reading does, lyrically celebrating how it opens minds, can make you kind, and allows you to explore the whole world. Ryan O'Rourke's rich artwork beautifully captures the imagination and playfulness in these poems."--Amazon.
Physical Description:32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:9781590789759
159078975X
Author Notes:Amy Ludwig VanDerwater is the author of many children's books, including Forest Has A Song, Every Day Birds, Read! Read! Read!, Dreaming Of You , and With My Hands: Poems About Making Things, as well as the professional book Poems Are Teachers: How Studying Poetry Strengthens Writing in All Genres. A former fifth grade teacher, Amy has taught writing for twenty years and blogs for students and teachers at The Poem Farm and Sharing Our Notebooks. Visit amyludwigvanderwater.com.

Ryan O'Rourke is the author-illustrator of Bella: Lost And Found (HarperCollins, 2014) and illustrator of Mouseling's Words by Shutta Crum (Clarion, 2016), Alphabet Trains by Samantha R. Vamos (Charlesbridge, 2017), and more. He teaches illustration at the New Hampshire Institute of Art and lives in Hooksett, New Hampshire. ryanorourke.com