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Read-Alikes! Welcome to Monsterville & Imaginary Menagerie
One of my favorite poetry collections about the fantastic is Imaginary Menagerie: A Book of Curious Creatures, by Julie Larios with paintings by Julie Paschkis.
Mom Makes a Monster! Plus a Book Giveaway
I'm counting down to Welcome to Monsterville's launch next Tuesday, April 25, and WOW do I have a poetry story to share with all of you.
Poetry and SEL
I'm putting together a list of read-alikes for teachers. These are books and poems that pair well with the emotional content (or the creature content!) of Welcome to Monsterville.Today, I am sharing two wonderful SEL poems from Things We Feel, edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong.
Feeling Monstrous
My friend Aliza Werner sent me the most wonderful book: What Feelings Do When No One's Looking by Tina Oziewicz, illustrated by Aleksandra Zajac. This sweet book about emotions was translated from Polish to English by Jennifer Croft.
"Monsterflies" from Welcome to Monsterville
I made a special video just for Poetry Friday. You'll get a sneak peek at some of Michael's monsters... and I read a poem from Welcome to Monsterville that I haven't shared before.
A Poem Grows Inside You
"It became clear to me very quickly when I started expanding on the 'waiting for the right resources' parallel between poems and seeds that spring brought many of the things a seed needs to move from dormancy into active growth. "