Early readers Molly and Joe want to help a child learn to read. Learn fun facts about books and write a page-turner limerick with this fun reading activity coloring page.
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Thank You Notes: Books
Thank You Notes is a prompt that focuses on expressing our thanks to a particular person, place, or thing. In this post we’re crafting thank you’s to Books!
Reading & Books Prompt: Lose Yourself in a Book
Put down the device and journey with us as we learn more about our attention span and the joy of getting lost in a book. Then get lost in your poetic thoughts and write them down.
Reading & Books Poetry Prompt: Reading to Children
Step back in time and tell us about a special story that was read to you as a child, or one you’ve read to a child. From these memories, we will create poetry.
Reading & Books: Poetry Prompt
Without books, we’d have less understanding of the world and each other. What do reading and books mean to you? Join us as we consider this and write poetry about a life with books.
The Writing Life: Books
From non-fiction to fiction, we’ve got books on the writing life that will help you make that life worth living.
Writing Poetry: Books & Free Articles
Writing poetry can be a great way to improve your prose writing and your basic ability with images and words. Of course, writing poetry can be a wonderful past-time for its own sake. Either way, here are some wonderful resources that will help you out.
Top Ten National Poetry Month Books and Tools!
Looking for the best National Poetry Month books and tools? From Billy Collins to haiku, from sonnets to cinnamon & jealous poem stacks, this list entices!
10 Spring Books to Help Kiss Winter Goodbye
Here are ten great “spring books” to help us coax spring to (please!) make her appearance. From nonfiction to poetry to creativity and writing titles.
10 Luscious Love Poem Books for Your Valentine
Yes, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, but there is still time to treat your Love to one or more of these luscious love poem books.
Top 10 YA and Children’s Books
Kimberlee Conway Ireton shares her top 10 YA and children’s books (actually, 17 or so).
Children’s Books: 14 Reasons The Tale of Peter Rabbit Should Be Banned
Beatrix Potter’s ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ is a disturbing book. Here are 14 tongue-in-cheek reasons it should be banned.
Literary Tour: Faulkner House Books, New Orleans
Faulkner House Books is a literary landmark in New Orleans – the place where William Faulkner wrote stories, poems and the novel “Soldier’s Pay.”
Our Favorite Books About Poetry
The Tweetspeak Poetry editorial team shares a list of our favorite books about poetry.
Libraries and Living Books: Seattle Public Library
If words have the power to shape a child’s soul, and books are the carrier of those words, then the library, according to Kimberlee Conway Ireton, is a powerful place indeed.
On Books: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Charity Singleton Craig shares book recommendations between results of recent cancer tests. Have you read The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry?
Literary Tour: Blue Bicycle Books (Charleston, SC)
Elizabeth Marshall finds joy in the narrow bookstore aisle of Blue Bicycle Books in our latest literary tour stop.
Carry a Shield: 10 Good Books About Dragons
Adventures with dragons may be a rite of childhood. Kimberlee Conway Ireton has 10 great books about dragons to read with your children.
Leaving Books
Books are who I am–I am the sum total of every book I have read. Charity Singleton Craig reflects on parting with her book collection.
Llamas in Pajamas (and 10 great children’s poetry books)
Kimberlee Conway Ireton reads Llamas in Pajamas — and 10 great children’s poetry books — with her kids. In fleecy pajamas.