Celebrate National Poetry Month This April, 2024!
A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry frequently written in three lines – the first and third lines often have five syllables, while the second line has seven. Another type of poetry (much longer than a haiku) is a novel in verse – a multi-paged story told in poetry instead of prose. Enjoy some beautiful poetry – from shorter poems in picture books such as Like So, to longer novels in verse like Louder Than Hunger – to celebrate National Poetry Month!
Every Little Seed by Cynthia Schumerth
Like So by Ruth Forman
The Museum on the Moon: The Curious Objects on the Lunar Surface by Irene Latham
I'm From by Gary R Gray Jr
We Could Fly by Rhiannon Giddens
An American Story by Kwame Alexander
How the Sea Came to Be: And All the Creatures in It by Jennifer Berne
Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior by Carole Lindstrom
Zilot & Other Important Rhymes by Bob Odenkirk
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu
When Clouds Touch Us by Thanhhà Lai
The Animal Song by Jonty Howley
The One and Only Ruby (One and Only #3) by Katherine Applegate
