Reader's Roundtable Episode 24: April is National Poetry Month!
In this episode our social distancing selection specialists meet up to talk poetry, other current reads, and baking.
Cheryl’s picks:
A Good Cry by Nikki Giovanni
Bodega: Poems by Su Hwang
The Tiny Journalist: Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye
What We Carry by Dorianne Laux
A Primer on Parallel Lives by Dan Gerber
Delights and Shadows by Ted Kooser
The Death of Sitting Bear by N. Scott Momaday
Sharks in the Rivers: Poems by Ada Limon
Bright Dead Things: Poems by Ada Limon
The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limon
Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The Bread Bible by Beth Hensperger
Zingerman’s Bakehouse by Amy Emberling
Mari Picks:
If I was the Sunshine by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Loren Long
A House That Once Was by Julie Fogliano, Lane Smith
When’s My Birthday by Julie Fogliano, Christian Robinson
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for all Seasons by Julie Fogliano, Julie Morstad
My First Book of Haiku translated by Esperanza Ramirez Christensen, illustrated by Tracey Gallup
Poetry for Kids series: in Hoopla
Breathe And Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems by Kate Coombs and Anna Emilia Laitinen
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi—the link includes Kendi’s National Book Award winner, Stamped from the Beginning, that this teen title is based on.
Skipping Stones: A Multicultural Literary Magazine
National Council of Teachers of English 2020 Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels
Jessica’s Picks
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth
Instructions by Neil Gaiman, also available in:
The Lake Michigan Mermaid by Linda Nemec Foster, Anne Mare Oomen, and Illustrated by Meredith Ridl
· Truly, Madly, Deeply starring Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman (1991) includes a section of “La Muerta”—this movie is not currently available at CADL but once Mel.org starts working again it’s requestable that way.
come see about me, Marvin by Brian Gilmore
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
This Town Sleeps by Dennis Staples
Sister Pie by Lisa Ludwinski
Unlocking Us podcast by Brené Brown
· Glennon Doyle and Brené on Untamed