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 ...

Growing in popularity the past decade, novels in verse are exactly what they sound like: a story told via poetry. They tend to be story-driven like a typical novel, but their poetic language and ...