Annie Wright of the Poets House entertained Class 1B this morning with readings from "In a Spring Garden," a collection of vernal haiku, edited by Richard Lewis and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. She also read from No Boys Allowed, a compilation of poetry about brothers and sisters, which got a predictably big rise out of the kids! Equally popular were poems selected from William Cole's Beastly Boys and Ghastly Girls.
For parents interested in giving their kids the opportunity to hear more, please save the date: Saturday, May 5, 11:00am for the FREE special Poets House event, "Sea Whisperings from the Smallest of Shells" with Richard Lewis. The popular author of "Each Sky Has Its Own Words" and "A Tree Lives," Lewis invites kids into a magical moment of listening, in which the sounds of seashells are transformed into oceans and waves, flying birds and diving fish. The afternoon culminates in the creation of a paper scroll of sea pleasures, all in the kids' own words and images.
Pictured above: Illustrations by Ezra Jack Keats for "In a Spring Garden."
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