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How to write a poem

"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 dan...

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Main Authors: Alexander, Kwame (Author), Nikaido, Deanna (Author)
Other Authors: Sweet, Melissa, 1956- (Artist)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
Edition:First Edition
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Poetry > Juvenile nonfiction.
Imagination > Juvenile nonfiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:"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."--
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:9780063060906
0063060906
Author Notes:Kwame Alexander is a poet, children's book author, playwright, producer, speaker, and performer. His books include And Then You Know: New and Selected Poems, Crush: Love Poems, Family Pictures: Poems and Photographs Celebrating Our Loved Ones, and Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band. He won the 2015 John Newbery Medal for his bestselling novel The Crossover. Since 2006, his Book-in-a-Day writing and publishing program has created more than 2500 student authors in 50 schools across the U.S., and in Canada and the Caribbean.

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