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Pass the Poetry Please
Author: Lee Bennett Hopkins

Recognizing childrens natural delight in rhyme and wordplay, poet and teacher Lee Bennett Hopkins suggests ways for educators to use nursery rhymes, jump-rope jingles, and songs as springboards to the enjoyment of poetry. He also introduces twenty-four modern childrens poets, including Nikki Giovanni, Shel Silverstein, and Carl Sandburg, through... more » brief biographies and helpful bibliographies. This indispensable volume concludes with numerous activities--many suggested and successfully used by educators in the classroom-to get children excited about and involved in reading, writing, and enjoying poetry.Pass the Poetry, Please! has been a staple in classrooms and libraries across the country for over twenty-five years and has proven itself an invaluable resource. This new edition-revised, enlarged, and updated-contains a wealth of new ideas for bringing children and poetry together. So turn the page and learn how you can pass the poetry!Now in its third edition, this classic reference book has proven itself an invaluable resource for bringing children and poetry together. Updated and expanded, Pass the Poetry, Please! contains numerous ideas and activities to get children excited and involved in reading, writing, and enjoying poetry. This new edition of an indispendable volume that has enjoyed 25 years of critical acclaim and has become a staple in classrooms and libraries across the country will help a new whole new generation of educators pass on the love of the poetry. "A book that every elementary teacher should find useful if he or she believes, as I do, that a child who has not learned to enjoy and write poetry is a sorely disadvantaged one." The Reading Teacher Now in its third edition, this classic reference book has proven itself an invaluable resource for bringing children and poetry together. Updated and expanded, Pass the Poetry, Please! contains numerous ideas and activities to get children excited and involved in reading, writing, and enjoying poetry. This new edition of an indispendable volume that has enjoyed 25 years of critical acclaim and has become a staple in classrooms and libraries across the country will help a new whole new generation of educators pass on the love of the poetry. "A book that every elementary teacher should find useful if he or she believes, as I do, that a child who has not learned to enjoy and write poetry is a sorely disadvantaged one." The Reading Teacher

ISBN-13: 9780060277468
ISBN-10: 0060277467
Publication Date: 8/30/1998
Pages: 288
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Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Type: Hardcover
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