In honor of National Poetry Month, acclaimed poet and artist Douglas Florian shares his favorite poetry books for children.
Visual and Vibrant: Douglas Florian’s Favorite Poetry Collections
By on April 18, 2013 Leave a Comment
Pick of the Day: Shiver Me Timbers!: Pirate Poems & Paintings
By on August 29, 2012
FLORIAN, Douglas. Shiver Me Timbers!: Pirate Poems & Paintings. illus. by Robert Neubecker. 32p. CIP. S & S/Beach Lane Bks. Aug. 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-1321-4; ebook $12.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-5712-6. LC 2010048963.
Gr 2-5–From the smiling, rollicking kids on the cover laying claim to a beach full of treasure to the shipload of fierce, sneering, plundering, cutlass-waving, face-making buccaneers, boastful of their scurrilous behavior, these pirates are a motley group. In 19 poems, they teach “Pirate Patter” and punishment and describe some [...]
