Ten Books for National Poetry Month (plus a weekly poetry challenge)

  April is a mere five days away, and that means it’s almost National Poetry Month! To help you get a kick start to celebrating poetry throughout April, we’ve put together an assortment of book recommendations. You’ll find a little bit of everything in this list of ten books: poetry collections, picture book stories told in poems, biographies of poets, even a novel in verse! We hope this list is just the beginning of a month of reading, discussing and doing (that is, writing ) poetry! We have a month long celebration planned in which we challenge our readers and the children in their lives to read, discuss, and write four different types of poems—one challenge per week. You can join the weekly poetry fun by subscribing to our newsletter , visiting the website regularly for updates, following us on Instagram (@readdiscussdo), or all of the above! To read : Choose a book from this list or any poetry book. To discuss : Do you usually like poetry? Why or why not? Can you think of a poem y

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.