Spooky Poems Aloud

Spooky Poems Aloud
Author: Joseph Coelho
Publisher:
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2024-09-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0711287392

From Children’s Laureate (2022–2024), Joseph Coelho, comes a giggling and ghoulish compendium of 25 spooky poems to perform. With a delightful blend of giggles and ghouls, this collection is designed for young readers and budding performers. Within these pages, you'll discover poems that can be recited loudly, softly, or in a ghostly whisper, offering a diverse range of performances. Some poems are meant to make your audience jump or send shivers down their spine, while others weave spell-poems that can enchant a witch's cat, or cast a spell of laughter. There are even poems that will tickle your funny bones. Spooky Poems Aloud is the perfect collection of Halloween-themed poems for children to build confidence in reading aloud and nurture their speech and drama skills. Joseph Coelho's imaginative words will transport young readers into the world of whimsical and eerie tales, making this book a treasure trove for children of all ages and reading abilities.

Poems Aloud

Poems Aloud
Author: Joseph Coelho
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0711247692

Poems are made to read OUT LOUD! A wittily illustrated anthology of poems, designed to be read aloud. 20 poems by the award winning â??Joseph Coelho will arm children with techniques for lifting poetry off the page and performing with confidence. Perfect for confident children and shy readers alike, this book teaches all sorts of clever ways to performing poetry. Children will learn 20 techniques for reading aloud by trying out 20 funny and thoughtful original poems by the much loved and award winning performance poet, Joseph Coelho. There are tongue twisters, poems to project, poems to whisper, poems to make you laugh. There are poems to perform to a whole class and others to whisper in somebody's ear. Richly textured, warm and stylish illustration by Daniel Gray-Barnett bring each page to life. "Poetry for children is dead. Really? Not when there are young poets like Joseph Coelho" ~ Books for Keeps

Write Your Own Poems

Write Your Own Poems
Author: Jerome Martin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-02-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9781805071907

Whether you want to dash off a limerick, ponder a sonnet or plot an epic poem, this write-in activity book is here to help. Each page is bursting with tips and inspiration for writing all kinds of poems - and inventing brand new styles too. With links to websites where you can listen to many of the poems in this book, and find more helpful writing tips.

The Wizard

The Wizard
Author: Jack Prelutsky
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2011-06-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062067001

The wizard, watchful, waits alone within his tower of cold gray stone and ponders in his wicked way what evil deeds he'll do this day. What do you think the wizard is planning to do? Conjure a magic spell? Turn a frog into a flea? Fill a cauldron with bubbling brew? You may think you know . . . but watch out. Because if the wizard is bored, he may come looking for you!

Hello, Earth!

Hello, Earth!
Author: Joyce Sidman
Publisher: Eerdmans Books For Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780802855282

"Poems addressed to the earth itself explore scientific concepts including plate tectonics, water cycles, and the creation of tides"--

The Kingfisher Book of Scary Poems

The Kingfisher Book of Scary Poems
Author: Gillian Clarke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2003
Genre: Children's poetry
ISBN: 9780753408858

Filled with mystery and wonder, this collection of scary poems by poets such as Walter de la Mare, Emily Dickinson and Ted Hughes, is sure to make readers shiver. Ranging from traditional ryhmes to new works, this anthology is populated with ghosts and skeletons, witches and wizards.

Los Gatos Black on Halloween

Los Gatos Black on Halloween
Author: Marisa Montes
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2006-08-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1466803479

Follow los monstruos and los esqueletos to the Halloween party Under October's luna, full and bright, the monsters are throwing a ball in the Haunted Hall. Las brujas come on their broomsticks. Los muertos rise from their coffins to join in the fun. Los esqueletos rattle their bones as they dance through the door. And the scariest creatures of all aren't even there yet! This lively bilingual Halloween poem introduces young readers to a spooky array of Spanish words that will open their ojos to the chilling delights of the season. Los Gatos Black on Halloween is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year, the winner of the 2008 Pura Belpre Medal for Illustration and a Pura Belpre Honor Book for Narrative.

Write! Write! Write!

Write! Write! Write!
Author: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1635924014

A NCTE Notable Poetry Book Twenty-two poems capture the amazing power of writing and will inspire even the most reluctant writer to begin putting words to paper. Write! Write! Write! is a poetry collection that explores every stage and every aspect of the writing process, from learning the alphabet to the thrilling moment of writing a thought for the first time, from writer's block to finding inspiration, and from revision to stapling your finished work into a book. These poems also celebrate how writing teaches patience, helps express opinions, and allows us to imagine the impossible. This book, brimming with imagination and wonder, will leave readers eager to grab a pen, pencil, or keyboard--and write!

Poetree

Poetree
Author: Shauna LaVoy Reynolds
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0525553606

A girl writes a poem to a tree, but then is surprised when the tree writes back in this wondrous and warm picture book about friendship, nature, and the power of poetry. The snow has melted, the buttercups are blooming, and Sylvia celebrates winter's end by writing a poem. She ties her poem to a birch tree, hoping that it doesn't count as littering if it makes the world more beautiful. But when she returns, a new poem is waiting for her. Could the tree really be writing back? Sylvia decides to test her theory, and so begins a heartwarming poetic correspondence...as well as an unexpected new friendship. Lyrical and sweetly satisfying, Poetree is about finding beauty in the world around you, and new friends in unlikely places.

Trick-or-Treat

Trick-or-Treat
Author: Debbie Leppanen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2013-08-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 144243399X

This frighteningly funny collection of Halloween poems is perfect for sharing! It’s that time of year again… The wind is howling, the leaves are blowing. A sliver of moon is barely showing. And the happy haunters are ready for a monstrous good time! In this collection of fifteen sweet, silly, and seriously fun rhyming poems, young readers will meet hungry ghouls, sneaky ghosts, and frisky skeletons, all who love partying in the moonlight. It’s a Halloween spook-tacular like no other!