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Winding Oak's Bookology Magazine

   
     
  Each day in April, we hope you'll return to listen to a new poem being read by the poet who wrote it. Share these poems with your friends,
your classroom, your book club, anyone who enjoys poetry ... and especially those who don't yet know how much they like it. This resource will remain on Bookology throughout the year.
 
     
 
 
Jorge Tetl Argueta   Somos Como las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds
 
  Jorge Tetl Argueta  
  "Dream / Sueño" from Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds, illus by Alfonso Ruano, Groundwood Books, Canada 2016  
  jorgeargueta.com  
 
Finding Wonders   Somos Como las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds
 
  Nancy Bo Flood  
  "Woolly Rider," from Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo, photographs by Jan Sonnenmair, Wordsong / Boyds Mills Press  
  nancyboflood.com  
 
 
Little Cat's Luck   Marion Dane Bauer
 
  Marion Dane Bauer  
  "Question" (unpublished)  
  mariondanebauer.com  
 
 
 
Finding Wonders   Jeannine Atkins
 
  Jeannine Atkins  
  "Playing Planets,” from Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, Atheneum, 2016  
  jeannineatkins.com  
 
 
One Last Word   Nikki Grimes
 
  Nikki Grimes  
  "Jabari Unmasked" from One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance, illustrated by a variety of artists,
Bloomsbury, 2017
 
  nikkigrimes.com  
 
 
Jen Bryant   Poetry Anthology for Middle School
 
  Jen Bryant  
  "Tryouts,” included in The Poetry Anthology for Middle School, edited by Wong & Vardell, Pomelo Books, 2013  
  jenbryant.com  
 
 
 
You Just Wait   Virginia Euwer Wolff
 
  Virginia Euwer Wolff  
  “What She Asked,” You Just Wait: A Poetry Friday Power Book, edited by Wong & Vardell, Pomelo Books, 2016  
  virginiaeuwerwolff.com  
 
 
Confetti: Poems for Children   Pat Mora
 
  Pat Mora  
  Confetti: Poems for Children / Confeti: poemas para niños, illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez, Lee & Low Books, 1996  
  patmora.com  
 
 
Here We Go   Janet Wong
 
  Janet Wong  
  “Here We Go” from Here We Go: A Poetry Friday Power Book, edited by Vardell + Wong, Pomelo Books, 2017  
  janetwong.com  
 
 
 
Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors   Joyce Sidman
 
  Joyce Sidman  
  “Grass” from Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors, illustrated by Beckie Prange, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006  
  joycesidman.com  
 
Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School   April Halprin Wayland
 
  April Halprin Wayland  
  "In the Word Woods," from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School, edited by Vardell + Wong, Pomelo Books, 2013  
  aprilwayland.com  
 
 
Tickle Day   Charles Ghigna
 
  Charles Ghigna  
  "A Poem is a Little Path" from Tickle Day Poems from Father Goose, illustrated by Cyd Moore, Hyperion  
  charlesghigna.com  
 
 
 
Giant Pumpkin Suite   Melanie Heuiser HIll
 
  Melanie Heuiser Hill  
  "Women’s March 2017—A Pantoum" (unpublished) (photo credit: Katherine Warde)  
  melanieheuiserhill.com  
 
 
A Time to Dance   Padma Venkatraman
 
  Padma Venkatraman  
  "The Wait," published in Snowy Egret, a nature writing journal  
  padmavenkatrman.com  
 
 
Cynthia Grady   I Lay My Stitches Down
 
  Cynthia Grady  
  "Basket," the final poem in I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery, illustrated by Michele Wood, Eerdmans, 2012  
  cynthiagrady.com  
 
 
 
Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics   Margarita Engle
 
  Margarita Engle  
  "Courageous Poetry," from Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics / La poesia valiente, illustrated by Rafael Lopez,
Laura Godwin Books, 2017
(photo credit: Marshall Johnson)
 
  margaritaengle.com  
 
Nook & Cranny   Susan Blackaby
 
  Susan Blackaby  
  "Hermit Crab," from Nest, Nook & Cranny, Charlesbridge 2010  
  susanblackaby.com  
 
 
When My Sister Started Kissing   Helen Frost
 
  Helen Frost  
  “Wishing” from When My Sister Started Kissing, Margaret Ferguson Books / Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books, 2017
(photo credit: James D. Gabbard)
 
  helenfrost.net  
 
 
 
Jumping Off Library Shelves   Lee Bennett Hopkins
 
  Lee Bennett Hopkins  
  "Storyteller (For Augusta Baker)" is from Jumping Off Library Shelves: A Book of Poems, illus by Jane Manning, Wordsong / Boyds Mills Press, 2015  
  leebennetthopkins.com  
 
 
Bookspeak! Poems about Books   Laura Purdie Salas
 
  Laura Purdie Salas  
  "This Is the Book," from Bookspeak! Poems about Books, illust Josée Bisaillon, Clarion / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011  
  laurasalas.com  
 
 
Cesar Yes We Can   Carmen Bernier-Grand
 
  Carmen Bernier-Grand  
  “Virgin de Guadalupe” from César ¡Sí, se puede! Yes, We Can, illustrated by David Diaz, Two Lions, 2004  
  carmenberniergrand.com  
 
 
 
Lucky Stars   Lucy Frank
 
  Lucy Frank  
  "Listen, Monster," unpublished  
  lucyfrank.com  
 
 
The Poetry Friday Anthology   Charles Waters
 
  Charles Waters  
  "Sack Lunch" from The Poetry Friday Anthology edited by Vardell + Wong, Pomelo Books, 2009  
  charleswaterspoetry.com  
 
 
Julie Fogliano   When Green Becomes Tomatoes
 
  Julie Fogliano  
  "July 9," from When Green Becomes Tomatoes, illustrated byJulie Morstad, Roaring Brook Press, 2016  
  about julie fogliano  
 
 
 
Dear Wandering Wildebeest   Irene Latham
 
  Irene Latham  
  "Dear Wandering Wildebeest" from Dear Wandering Wildebeest: and Other Poems from the Water Hole, illus by Anna Wadham, Millbrook Press, 2014  
  irenelatham.com  
 
Everything is a Poem   J. Patrick Lewis
 
  J. Patrick Lewis  
  "Everything Is a Poem," from Everything Is A Poem: The Best of J. Patrick Lewis, illustrated by Maria Cristina Pritelli, Creative Editions, 2014
 
  jpatricklewis.com  
 
Jazz Day   Roxane Orgill
 
  Roxane Orgill  
  "Late, Thelonious Sphere Monk, pianist," from Jazz Day, The Making of a Famous Photograph, illustrated by Francis Vallejo, Candlewick Press, 2017  
  roxaneorgill.net  
 
 
 
Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary   Laura Shovan
 
  Laura Shovan  
  "Faces," from The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, Wendy Lamb / Random House, 2016  
  laurashovan.com  
 
Poetry Friday Anthology
  Sylvia Vardell
 
  Sylvia Vardell  
  "The Library" by Sarah Holbrook from The Poetry Friday Anthology, edited by Vardell + Wong, Pomelo Books, 2009  
  poetryforchildren  
 
Poetry Friday Anthology for Science   Robyn Hood Black
 
  Robyn Hood Black  
  "“Printing, Pressed Beyond Words...” from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science, edited by Vardell + Wong, Pomelo Books, 2014
 
  robynhoodblack.com