Earth Week Poetry Fun
March 24, 2014 | strande
Find some inspiration in Earth Week while celebrating National Poetry Month. Drop in to make and share your own poetry.
Learn about real life poets and their work. The stories included below are roughly listed by increasing depth and complexity. While these books are located in the Children's Department, there is a strong possibility that they may appeal to a wider audience.
Maya Angelou by Lisbeth Kaiser
Offers an illustrated telling of the life of Maya Angelou that focuses on how she overcame childhood trauma and realized her dream and became one of the world's most beloved writers and speakers.
Enormous smallness : a story of E.E. Cummings by Matthew Burgess
Presents the life and work of the twentieth-century American writer, focusing on his fascination with words from a young age and highlighting his poetry's inspirational properties.
