Celebrate Poetry All Month Long with Read, Discuss, Do

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  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...
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Summer Challenge Week Three: You're Super, Hero!

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by Marci Whitehurst

Welcome to week THREE of the Read, Discuss, Do! Summer Challenge! It’s super hero week!

Heroes are people who help others, especially when helping might be difficult or scary (or, for heroes like a firefighter, even dangerous). Who are your heroes?

Summer schedules often mean park days, traveling, and time outside—all of which are super fun! We’ll highlight some of these themes throughout our summer reading challenge. As we go about our activities, let’s also consider HOW we do them. How can we be someone’s hero?

Suggestions for books to READ:

TEN RULES OF BEING A SUPER HERO by Deb Pilutti 

This story shares the rules that a young child, Lava Boy, and Captain Magma see for being a super hero. Rule #1: A superhero must ALWAYS respond to a call for help.

SUPER HERO INSTRUCTION MANUAL by Kristy Duncan Dempsy, illustrated by Mark Fearing 

A comic book style with funny illustrations and instructions for what’s most important for being a super hero. Step 3: Craft a super disguise!

SUPER ROOSTER SAVES THE DAY by Maureen Wright, illustrated by Rob McClurkan 

A humorous story full of farm puns, the chicken dance, and a rooster who’s certain he’s a hero—until he realizes sometimes you need a friend to be a hero.

MAX AND THE SUPER HEROES by Rocio Bonilla and Oriol Malet 

In this charmer, Max admires a girl super hero, even though his friends aren’t sure a girl can be strong. However, Megapower is brave, tames animals, has x-ray vision, is super smart, and she can fly. She’s Max’s favorite. Maybe because she’s his mom.

Suggestions for things to DISCUSS:
  • If you could be a super hero, who would you be? Why?
  • What powers would you have?
  • What powers do you already have?
  • What super heroes do you look up to? Why?
  •  If you could be a hero for someone this week, what would you want to do?
Suggestions for things to DO:
  • Create a costume for your super hero or dress up as a super hero.
  • Make up a special super hero name for yourself.
  • Write a list of super hero traits that you admire.
  • Make up your own rules for how to be a super hero.
  • Declare a day this summer as super hero day! Maybe a day this week!


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