• Poetry Friday February 9, 2024

    Carol at Beyond Literacy Link is the host this week. Hop on over there for the roundup.      Haiku of the Week   in the winter wind crispy flowers show off their furs   Photo Taken: December 16, 2023 at Belle’s Bird Sanctuary Haiku Written: January 23, 2024…

  • Poetry Friday: January 12, 2024

    Tracey at Tangles & Tails is hosting this week. Hop on over there for the roundup. Tracey and I met last year at Highlights during Irene Latham and Charles Waters’ poetry workshop. I’m so glad she’s a regular part of the Poetry Friday community!    Sneak Peek from Sylvia…

  • Poetry Friday: The Museum on the Moon

        Anastasia Suen at Small Poems is hosting today. Hop on over there for the roundup.    The Museum on the Moon     The Museum on the Moon by Irene Latham Illustrated by Myriam Wares Moonshower 2023   I’m a bit late at celebrating this magnificent poetry…

  • Poetry Friday: On a Flake-Flying Day

    This week’s Poetry Friday host is Jama at Jama’s Alphabet Soup. https://jamarattigan.com/   On a Flake-Flying Day       On a Flake-Flying Day: Watching Nature’s Wonders by Buffy Silverman Millbrook Press, 2023   On a Flake-Flying Day is another book in Buffy Silverman’s season series. You can see…

  • Poetry Friday January 27, 2023

    Jan at Bookseedstudio is our host today. Jan and I went to Hollins together. In fact, you can see a mentor text lesson plan I made for her book SHE SANG PROMISE.      If you’re interested in more mentor text lesson plans for teachers, you can see those…

  • Poetry Friday: Question Poems as Picture Books

    This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is at Sarah Grace Tuttle’s blog.    Question Poems as Picture Books Every week my poetry group, The Nevermores, takes turns posting a prompt for the week. A few months ago, I posted the prompt to write a question poem. I’d noticed some recent…

  • Poetry Friday August 12, 2022: Magazine Poetry

      Margaret at Reflections on the Teche is hosting Poetry Friday this week. Hop on over there to see the roundup.      Magazine Poetry I always have a big stack of unread magazines–The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Scientific American, and more. They all have poetry in them. And…

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    Chalk + Ink Podcast Extras

    Recently, I was a guest on Chalk + Ink podcast with Kate Narita. It’s a podcast for teachers who write. If you aren’t subscribed, I highly recommend it. I’ve been listener for awhile, so it was an honor to be a guest.  Link to the podcast episode I thought…

  • Historical Fiction Mentor Texts: ReFoReMo 2021

    Every year it’s such a joy to participate in ReFoReMo–Read for Research Month. It’s an opportunity to study mentor texts as a writer. There are hundreds of books featured this month. I’m there today talking about historical fiction picture books.  Do you have a favorite historical fiction picture book?…