Welcome!
As an author of children's poetry, I'm often not
sure what delights me more — writing poetry or
sharing my love of poetry. You'll find
information here about my
published work,
poetry readings, samples of
some of my poems,
teacher guides, and
poetry activities for students.
There's also:
Celebrate Poetry
Over 33 ways to celebrate and share poetry
Poetry Power
Teaching ideas and links to terrific sites and...
Poetry Book Shop
An
annotated bibliography of books on teaching and
writing poetry
I hope you'll find these resources helpful for
teaching, writing, sharing, and enjoying children's
poetry.
[Wow! 2011's annual tally was
114,492 visitors! Not "hits" but real-live human
visitors!]
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EMMA DILEMMA: Big Sister Poems received the
Claudia Lewis Award from Bank Street College
of Education!
...and I made my first book trailer!
Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems was a 2012
International Reading Association Teachers'
Choice!
It's been a busy travel season! In addition
to school visits and author presentations in
California (Santa Barbara, Diamond Bar,
Calabasas, and Orcutt) I also visited
Salford Hills outside of Philadelphia and
signed at the Los Angeles Times Book
Festival. I
spoke to grown-ups at these conferences:
The
Charlotte Huck Children's Literature
Festival at the University of
Redlands.
Sylvia Vardell's Poetry Round Up at
the Texas Library Association in Austin.
The American Library
Association in New Orleans
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Little Dog Poems:
Little Dog "unplanting" |
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