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

That's a Wrap for the Summer Challenge!

The 2022 Read, Discuss, Do Summer Challenge is officially over. We hope you've enjoyed following along with the themes, discovered some new favorite books, and enjoyed plenty of bookish fun with your kids over the past ten weeks! 

The challenge may be over, but the fun doesn't have to be. The themes we've shared over the summer can be enjoyed all year long. And, of course, there will be plenty of Read, Discuss, Do! ideas coming your way this fall and all year long. So, stay tuned!

In the mean time, here is a list of all the 2022 Summer Challenge themes. Click on the image to see the full post for that theme. Which one was your favorite?

Tasty Treats

Together Time

Amazing Animals

Books, Books, Books!

Summer Celebrations

Wild Waters!

Nuts About Nature

Night Time

Clever Creativity

Dog Days (of summer)

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