Book Description
for Give Them Poetry! by Glenna Sloan and Douglas Florian
From the Publisher
This lively book offers a host of ways for teachers to bring poetry and children together in their classrooms. Based on the premise that poetry and verse, properly presented, promote literacy, this practical handbooks includes: introductions to children's poets and their poetry, advice on poetry writing from poets themselves, examples of classroom poetry projects in elementary and middle school, methods to successfully present poetry to students of any age, and useful lists of noted children's poets.
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