Out of Wonder: Celebrating Poets and Poetry
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Out of Wonder: Celebrating Poets and Poetry
By (Author) Kwame Alexander
Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
By (author) Chris Colderley
By (author) Marjory Wentworth
Candlewick Press,U.S.
Candlewick Press,U.S.
6th October 2021
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Literature, books and writers
Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages
Childrens / Teenage: Poetry
811.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
56
Width 251mm, Height 291mm, Spine 5mm
301g
Description
A culturally rich collection of poetic tributes that extends the legacies of poets from around the globe. . . . A magnificent exploration of the poetic imagination. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Out of gratitude for the poets art form, Newbery Awardwinning 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. In this Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner, 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.
