Out of wonder : poems celebrating poets

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Label

Out of wonder : poems celebrating poets

Title remainder

poems celebrating poets

Statement of responsibility

Kwame Alexander ; with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes

Contributor

• Alexander, Kwame
• Holmes, Ekua
• Colderley, Chris
• Wentworth, Marjory, (Marjory Heath), 1958-

Author

• Alexander, Kwame

Contributor

• Wentworth, Marjory, (Marjory Heath), 1958-
• Colderley, Chris

Illustrator

• Holmes, Ekua

Subject

• American poetry -- 21st century
• American poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature
• American poetry -- History and criticism
• Biographies
• Children's poetry
• Children's poetry, American
• Children's poetry, American
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Coretta Scott King winner, -- 2018
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Illustrated case bindings
• JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography | Literary
• JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Language Arts | Composition & Creative Writing
• JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Poetry
• Juvenile works
• 2000-2099
• Livres d'images pour enfants
• Paper case bindings
• Picture books
• Picture books
• Picture books
• Picture books for children
• Picture books for children
• Poetry
• Poetry
• Poetry
• Poetry
• Poetry -- Authorship
• Poetry -- Authorship
• Poetry -- Authorship -- Juvenile literature
• Poetry -- Juvenile literature
• Poets
• Poets
• Poets, American
• Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Poètes américains -- 21e siècle -- Biographies | Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
• Poésie
• Poésie -- Art d'écrire -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
• Poésie -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
• book jackets
• picture books
• poetry
• Livres d'images
• American poetry
• American poetry

Genre

• Coretta Scott King winner,
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Illustrated case bindings
• Juvenile literature
• Juvenile works
• Livres d'images
• Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
• Paper case bindings
• Picture books
• Picture books for children
• Poetry
• Poésie
• book jackets
• picture books
• poetry
• Biography
• Children's poetry
• Biographies
• American poetry

Language

eng

Summary

• Presents a collection of 20 poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world
• Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Honoree offer a glorious, lyrical ode to poets who have sparked a sense of wonder. Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors' hearts sing and their minds wonder. Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration and invite the reader to listen, wonder, and perhaps even pick up a pen

Awards note

• Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, 2018.
• Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017.
• A Junior Library Guild Selection.
• ALA Notable Books for Children, 2018.
• Notable Books of the English Language Arts, 2018.
• Notable Books for a Global Society, 2018.
• NPR Book Concierge, 2017.

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

poetry

Target audience

pre adolescent