I love the bed poem – it reminds me of both my mother and brother … “I have that scrapbook of all those things we chose, and it brings back so many memories of who we were as children ...

In recent years, novels in verse for young readers have garnered wide acclaim. Notable examples ... Cameron Kids editorial director Amy Novesky, who edited Wave, emphasizes poetry’s visual ...

What we think: This book is for everyone who has ever resisted reading or writing poetry. Jack resists too but deals with the loss of his dog in the many free-verse poems that he writes.

The topics include nature, family ties and social injustice, but all of the poems, old and new, ring out with a love of language and expression. In “Leah’s Reunion,” for example, Grimes ...

written not in prose but verse. And he does it well: His book The Crossover won the Newbery Medal last year for children's literature. His new book is no different. Composed of a series of poems ...

“People often think kids won’t be into poetry, but in my experience, the key is to have the opportunity to find a poem and a poet they connect with,” he points out. Verse novels are a ...