It's National Poetry Month!

April is National Poetry Month, so that means a new library display! Inspiration was taken from The Book Wrangler's haiku book review work.

The haiku book reviews are already generating fun conversations, and students are eager to try their hand at creating their own haikus about the books they're returning. Good times talking about books--and a sneaky way to work in some poetry! :) You can see a close-up of two of the haikus below:

Feel free to stop by to share your own haiku! Happy National Poetry Month!

👀 #TakeALookTuesday--Digital Magnetic Poetry Edition

We continue to celebrate National Poetry Month in the library--this time it was with an activity from Eric Curts and Control Alt Achieve. The magnetic tile poetry craze from the 1990's meets Google Draw in Curts' template that he graciously shares from his website. 

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In this drag-and-drop activity, students could use any of the provided tiles to write their poems, or they could include their own word choices with the blank tiles as well. The springtime image served as their backgrounds as they wrote before sharing out some of their work. (On Curts's site, you can also choose templates that feature wintertime or Valentine's Day images.) Students had time to write their poems, then nearly all chose to read aloud what they'd created. We snapped our fingers and supported our poets-in-residence appropriately!

Curts's site has several poetry-inspired activities for Poetry Month--why not visit to find another way to celebrate the month?

👀 #TakeALookTuesday--Novels in Verse Edition

During National Poetry Month, the featured books on display include novels in verse. (See previous post.) In today's Take A Look Tuesday post, we'll take a closer look at this popular format.

Currently the library collection has 39 titles that are cataloged as novels in verse. Titles include those by popular authors Kwame Alexander, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Ellen Hopkins.

Novels in verse address a broad range of topics genres. Several in the collection connect to historical events, like these:

They can also reflect family dynamics and highlight relationships in families and among friends, like these titles:

Several titles also have a focus on social, emotional, and mental health:

See something that looks interesting? Feel free to stop by to talk about any of these novels in verse or other books you might be looking for. Remember, many are also available on MackinVIA if the print copy you'd like is already checked out.

👀 #TakeALookTuesday--National Poetry Month Edition

In April we celebrate National Poetry Month, and in the library we're expanding our recognition of it to include novels in verse.

While our poetry collection is in development as we look to add more titles, our novels in verse are an option for students who are looking for a poetry feel in their free reading books. Many titles are available--with just a portion on display--throughout the fiction titles in the collection.

See something that interests you? You're welcome to stop by to take a look or browse for other titles--see you soon!