“The Drum That Beats Within Us” by Mike Bond is a collection by a warrior poet, a warrior prepared to fight to the death with the soul of a poet.
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Children’s Book Club: “Wolf in the Snow”
Shhh! Words aren’t needed for this meeting of our Children’s Book Club as we read Matthew Cordell’s Caldecott-winner, ‘Wolf in the Snow.’
Reader, Come Home: “Little Rhymes for Lowly Plants”
Join us for deep reading with author Megan Willome as we discuss a poetry collection about plants for Poetic Earth Month. And share your March pages for our Reader, Come Home column.
Smiles, Laughter & Joys: What Joy Feels Like Poetry Prompt
Join author Callie Feyen as she talks with kindergarteners about being frustrated and watches as they head toward joy, balloons in hand.
Poets and Poems: James Matthew Wilson and “Some Permanent Things”
The poems of “Some Permanent Things” by James Matthew Wilson speak to the transient and the permanent in our history, our lives, and our future.
Reader, Come Home: Why ‘Jane Eyre’ is a YA Novel
Learn the secrets of being a deep reader with author Megan Willome as we discuss why ‘Jane Eyre’ is a YA novel. And share your February pages for our monthly Reader, Come Home column.
Children’s Book Club: “Only One Woof”
Must every children’s book be zippy? Author Megan Willome discusses ‘Only One Woof,’ one of James Herriot’s animal stories.
Poetry Prompt: Angry Poem Stacks
Join author Callie Feyen as she shares how editor L.L. Barkat helped her pay attention to her anger using the Jealous Poem Stacks model.
Reader, Come Home: January’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a deep reader with author Megan Willome. And share your January pages for our monthy Reader, Come Home column.
Braiding Sweetgrass: No One Asked the Plants
In the context of the study of plants, author and scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer learned to see the relationships joining us to the natural world. Our discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass continues.
At Home With Books: Texas Little House
Frosty windows, a dog-eared Little House book, and houses old and new provide the backdrop for this reflection in our new At Home with Books column.
Reader, Come Home: December’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a deep reader with Megan Willome. And share your December pages for our monthy Reader, Come Home column.
Reader, Come Home: November’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a deep reader with Megan Willome. And share your November pages for our monthy Reader, Come Home column.
Poets and Poems: James Matthew Wilson and “The Hanging God”
The poems of “The Hanging God” by James Matthew Wilson present an irresistible urge, almost a compulsion, to reread them to find new layers of meaning.
Poetry Prompt: Thankful Acrostics When Poetry Feels Like It’s Gone
Callie Feyen believed she’d lost the poetry of teaching, but Megan Willome showed her that poetry (and teaching) hadn’t lost *her.*
By Heart: “Peace” by Sara Teasdale + New Kenyon “Let Evening Come” Challenge
Looking for peace? Find it in this month’s By Heart column, in which we wrap up our memorization of Sara Teasdale’s “Peace” and learn some surprising memory techniques.
Children’s Book Club: “Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems”
S’more time! Join us for a Children’s Book Club discussion of a collection of camping poems called ‘Toasting Marshmallows’ by Kristine O’Connell George.
Reader, Come Home: October’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a deep reader with Megan Willome. And share your October pages for our monthy Reader, Come Home column.
By Heart: “Ulysses” wrapup + New Teasdale “Peace” Challenge
“Come, my friends.” Join us for this month’s By Heart column, in which we wrap up our memorization of the last lines of Tennyson’s ‘Ulysses.’
Fall Poetry Prompt: Coming Home Poems
A new name for an old tradition takes author Callie Feyen on a trip down memory lane, and she finds herself at home on a rainy fall evening. Come home, too, with your own poems!