Celebrate Poetry All Month Long with Read, Discuss, Do

  Happy National Poetry Month! We are celebrating National Poetry Month with a weekly poetry challenge all month long. To follow along, subscribe to our newsletter or check back here every Monday and Friday throughout the month of April for updates.  Kickoff: Books and resources for National Poetry Month   Week one: Read and write haiku  Article: A Brief History of Poetry by Marci Whitehurst Week two: Read and write odes Article: Eight Creative Ways to Explore Poetry All Year Long by Rebecca J. Gomez Week three: Read and write riddle poems   Week four: Poet's choice! If you and/or your children/students participate in any of our challenges this month, we'd love to hear from you.  You can  email  us or  tag us  on Instagram (use the hashtag #RDDPoetryChallenge or #RDDPoetryMonth). We will be sharing some readers’ poems in a round-up post at the end of the month, so if you’d like your poems to be considered, please let us know when you s...

End of Summer GIVEAWAY!

It's GIVEAWAY time! To thank you for following along this summer (or just popping in to see what this contest is all about), we're giving you a chance to win one of THREE signed books! Three books, three winners! Fill out the Rafflecopter below, being sure to leave a comment telling us about the best book you read with a child this summer, for a chance to win! The giveaway ends at 12:00 a.m. Central Time on August 28th. You must be 18 or older to enter. U.S. addresses only. 

Winners will be announced Saturday, August 29th. Good luck!

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Comments

Ashley Sierra said…
One of our favorites we read this summer was BLOOP! written by Tara Lazar and illustrated by Mike Boldt.
imbigwillie said…
Several Fancy Nancy books.
Rebecca Gomez said…
I haven't seen that one yet, but Tara Lazar writes fun stuff!
Rebecca Gomez said…
It's been a while since I've read a Fancy Nancy!
Rebecca Gomez said…
The one by Lena Podesta? Looks cute!
Mindy Baker said…
My favorite book was a middle grade entitled Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros. I also loved the picture book Don’t Feed the Bear by Kathleen Doherty.