Reading Poetry

From the widely acclaimed poet, novelist, critic, and scholar, a lucid and edifying exploration of the building blocks of poetry and how they've been used over the centuries to assemble the most imperishable poems. “Anyone wanting to learn how to remodel, restore, or build a poem from the...

Teach your child patience !!! "You forgot the mail?!?!" The king yelled at the snail. But the snail stayed as calm as could be. He was not afraid of the king, you see. He knew where the gift was; he knew what to do. The monsters learned that patience pays off too. We are all familiar with the phenomenon of children wanting everything "here and now". This story describes just such a situation. I hope you and your children will enjoy it and learn from it. The forest monsters woke up & there was a sign on the tree. They had been invited to the Monster King’s birthday party. Everyone would ...

Teaching Kids the Importance of Sleep * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * At night when most kids were dozing so deep, Michael could never quite manage to sleep. His mother would read him one book, or two, His father would sing ‘till his face turned blue, All-day Michael ran and played and kicked ball, But then he’d just shrug: “I’m not tired at all.” Real-life issue/Imaginary Tale - Great Lesson! I learned about this cute little rhyming book on FB, and I decided to download it using the kindle app on my phone, and I'm glad that I did. What a fun book to cozy up with a child for a ...

Bloomsbury presents Homer-Haunted: The Many Afterlives of an Ancient Poet, written and read by Henry Power 'It's rich and beautiful and strange' Rory Stewart, The Rest Is Politics 'This is such a brilliantly told story of Homer-obsessives through the ages that, by the end, you're as hooked on...

Poetry is more than rhyming words on a page. A poem is crafted by carefully selecting each word and rhythm. But how does a poet get started? Finding inspiration is as easy as looking at a picture.

♥ Wheel Power ♥ Little Wheely rolled round and round, all on his own he spun on the ground. Wheels had a purpose, except for him, which is why he felt sad and so grim. ◆ All his friends were wheels too, yet they all had something to do. He watched them roll all night and day, all very busy – rushing on their way.

In this audiobook, I read 33 classical French poems. The majority are read twice: once slowly - so you can repeat after me - and once faster, with my personal interpretation of the poem. I will also sometimes tell you about the author, or explain the vocabulary or the meaning of the poem, all in easy everyday French. Musset, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, La Fontaine, Labbé, Valéry... A collection of 33 of the most famous French poems.

Step into the heart of medieval England with this masterful modern translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's immortal Canterbury Tales Journey alongside a colorful band of pilgrims as they travel the road to Canterbury, sharing tales that have captivated readers for over six centuries. This volume presents eight unforgettable stories in clear, accessible modern English while preserving the wit, wisdom, and timeless appeal of Chaucer's original masterpiece. Featured Tales Include: The Franklin's Tale - A revolutionary exploration of marriage, honor, and sacrifice that challenges medieval conventions...

A deeply moving middle grade novel in verse about a girl struggling with depression when she starts fifth grade amidst a sea of changes. A 2025 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Pearl loves watching the majestic loggerhead turtles and octopuses glide through the water at the aquarium...

Los mas bellos poemas de amor en espanol, escritos y leidos por Pablo Neruda. Veinte poemas de amor y Una cancion desesperada y Los versos del capitán (selección).

A year with the sensual, mysterious, and deeply spiritual poetry of Rumi, in a translation featuring 15 debut poems—365 poems for your daily dose of inspiration, spiritual healing, and deep self-reflection This stunning collection is a divine journey across each month of the year, offering 365...

A gripping new novel in verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish, featuring a poverty-stricken boy who bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him Joe Oak is used to living on unsteady ground. His mom can’t be depended on as she never stays around long once she...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Co-founder of the Women's March Paola Mendoza and award-winning writer Abby Sher’s timely, haunting near-future dystopian where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to find sanctuary. It's 2032, and in this near-future America, all citizens...

There are hundreds of books that teach you to write a poem. This one starts where they stop. You have a draft. Something is wrong with it. You can feel it and you cannot name it, and so you begin improving lines, and the poem gets smoother and deader with every pass. The problem is that you are editing before you know what the poem is running on. Reading the Poem Backward is a working method for editing poems, built during the editing of twenty poems and mostly discovered by getting it wrong. It runs the writing process in reverse to recover a poem's engine, then subtracts everything ...

These poems are machines. This book opens the back and shows you the gears. Eighteen of the greatest love poems in English, from Donne to Byron, taken apart one moving part at a time. Not admired. Dismantled. You watch the single comparison that holds each poem together, the verbs doing the quiet work, and the exact line where the poem turns and surprises you. Every reading runs the same instrument. A reverse pass that recovers the choices the poet made, ending in one sentence: what the poem is running on. Then the move that matters most, what it refused. At every point in a masterpiece ...

Magic is back to the modern world, and the real battle for the world's future has just begun. Brenda and Valor opened the Time Gateway and saved the elvish people. Three months later, their settlement in Arizona is thriving, but magic remains fragile and weak. To restore it fully, they must embark on a new quest: journey to the depths of the dwarf kingdoms, find a dwarf prince, and ally with a powerful fairy to forge a band that will change the world as we know it. The future of the world depends on their success.

Enseñando a los Niños a Tener Paciencia! En un día hermoso, con el sol que todo el cielo llenaba, Dos gatos vecinos se juntaron en un jardín que cerca estaba. En un clima cálido, donde el invierno había terminado, Respirando la primavera que las flores había germinado. Leslie Michan 5.0 out of 5 stars me gusto Verified Purchase Me recuerda a mi gato negro Winnie y mi gato blanco luna también se pelean abeses pero duermen juntas y juegan juntas Frances 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book specially for the times we’re living It started like a complicated book for my 8-year-old English...

In The Grave Tattoo, suspense master Val McDermid spins a psychological thriller in which a present-day murder has its roots in the eighteenth century and the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty. After torrential summer rains uncover a bizarrely tattooed body on a Lake District hillside, a...

Discover The SIP Series – a chill, creative way to revisit your favorite Bible stories. Each book in the SIP series turns the chapters of Scripture into quick, fun, and simple poems that capture the essence of the narrative. These poems are designed as easy reads to help refresh your memory and spark your interest—not to replace the rich, full experience of the Bible itself. Although the writers have done their best to summarize each chapter into concise poems, some parts of certain chapters have been left out to maintain flow and clarity. While these poems offer a breezy overview, we ...

A humorous and heartwarming bounce-to-the-beat underdog story about a young rapper whose rhymes help bring his community together, from America's favorite rapping teacher. As featured on Good Morning America! Eleven-year-old Simon Barnes dreams of becoming a world-famous rapper that everyone...