Covey, Sean
Summary: Ms. Hoot assigns Sophie and Biff as partners to write a poem, then encourages Sophie to open her eyes to the possibility that Biff is not as mean and scary as he seems and has some good ideas, too.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE COVManushkin, Fran
Summary: Katie and her friends explore writing different kinds of poetry about themselves and their surroundings.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MANJin, Ha
Summary: The story follows the Wu family as they adjust to life in America after severing their ties with China after the Tiananmen Square massacre. Though their future seems secure, things aren't as simple as they appear. As much of the family slowly adjusts to American life, the father, Nan is disillusioned and finds it hard to totally break with his homeland despite his violent disagreement with its...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JINChang, Lan Samantha.
Summary: Two students at a renowned writing school, Roman and Bernard, vie for the admiration of their charismatic and mysterious poet professor and forge a relationship that has lasting repercussions on their art and their lives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAGrimes, Nikki.
Summary: A group of high school students grow in understanding of each other's challenges and forge unexpected connections as they prepare for a boys vs. girls poetry slam.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GRIYeh, Kat
Summary: Recently estranged from her best friend and weeks away from shifting from only child to big sister, seventh grader Beatrix Lee consoles herself by writing haiku in invisible ink and hiding the poems, but one day she finds a reply--is it the librarian with all the answers, the editor of the school paper who admits to admiring her poetry, an old friend feeling remorse, or the boy obsessed with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION YEHGrimes, Nikki
Summary: A group of high school students grow in understanding of each other's challenges and forge unexpected connections as they prepare for a boys vs. girls poetry slam. Includes author's note about foster home care.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Grimes 2018Raczka, Bob
Summary: A pear-eating lupine poet seeks acceptance among the forest fauna.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RACYolen, Jane
Summary: In Amherst, Massachusetts, in spring, 1834, young Emily Dickinson uses scraps of paper and a pencil nub to write a poem, before she even knows her ABCs, and shares it with her household and garden. Includes author's note about Dickinson's life and work.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Higgins, Nadia.
Summary: "While on a family camping trip, Hala teaches her friend Henry how to write haiku, an ancient form of Japanese poetry. Includes creative writing exercises to assist the reader in writing haiku"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.McNamara, Margaret
Summary: Elinor is used to doing very well in school, but as Poem in Your Pocket Day approaches, bringing an opportunity to meet a real poet, her struggle to write a perfect poem causes Elinor's confidence to falter, despite Mr. Tiffin's guidance and reassurance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2015