A Kick in the Head : An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms (Paperback)

from childrenslitpdx

A simply fabulous resource for you and your children in the classroom. Not only is the book filled with multiple forms of poetry, but the type of poetry is listed on each page, and a section in back breaks down each by characteristics and gives a bit of history about the style as well.

from sweetiegherkin

This poetry anthology helps children understand the various types of poems out there. Editor Janeczko compiles example poems that model 29 different poetic forms, which he describes in detail in the endnotes. Each poem also has a short explanation on the primary page, so that only those intereste...

from vpfluke

This is a fun introduction for young people to poetry and its various forms. I wish I had come across something like this when I was young. The reader is led through some really interesting ways of poetic expressions, and it is topped off with a pantoum selection!

from sarabeck

In my opinion, this is a really neat book. This book is a collection of different forms of poetry. Author Paul Janeczko compiled examples of different types of poetry and then explained the poetic form and provided the corresponding poetry. I thought this was such a fun and interesting way to lea...

from Arron_Chelmo

This book contains a variety of poems from simple forms to more complex. It gives an example of each type of poem and describes the rules for each poem in the back of the book. This book is great for teaching because it exposes children to many types of poetry. This is also a good teaching book b...