| This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness Contributor(s): Sidman, Joyce (Author), Zagarenski, Pamela (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0618616802 ISBN-13: 9780618616800 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: In haiku, pantoums, two-part poems, snippets, and rhymes, Mrs. Merz's sixth-grade class writes of apology. Some poets are deeply sorry; some not at all. Some are forgiven; some are not. In each pair of poems a relationship, a connection, is revealed. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - Humorous - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Emotions & Feelings - Juvenile Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living - Maturing |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2006009820 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7.8" W x 9.5" (0.80 lbs) 48 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 113874 Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Mrs. Merz asks her sixth grade class to write poems of apology, they end up liking their poems so much that they decide to put them together into a book. Not only that, but they get the people to whom they apologized to write poems back. In haiku, pantoums, two-part poems, snippets, and rhymes, Mrs. Merz's class writes of crushes, overbearing parents, loving and losing pets, and more. Some poets are deeply sorry; some not at all. Some are forgiven; some are not. In each pair of poems a relationship, a connection, is revealed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zagarenski, Pamela: - Pamela Zagarenski is the winner of two Caldecott Honors. The books she has illustrated have also been Booklist Editor's Choices, Horn Book Fanfare and Bulletin Blue Ribbon books, winners of Bank Street's Claudia Lewis Award, and translated into many languages. As well as illustrating picture books, she creates paintings and has a gift card line. She lives in Connecticut. Visit her online at pzagarenski.com, on Instagram @sacredbee, and Twitter @sacredbeez.Sidman, Joyce: - The Newbery Honor winner Joyce Sidman is today's foremost nature poet for children. Accolades for her books include two Caldecott Honors, a Lee Bennet Hopkins Award, winner of the Claudia Lews Award, and many stars and best of lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit www.joycesidman.com |