Today's books are:
Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude by Jonah Winter. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009. (not pictured)
A River of Words: the story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Pablo Neruda: poet of the people by Monica Brown. Henry Holt and Company, 2011.
Other links and notes from the show:
Some notes on the current Golden Age of Picture Books
Horn Book's history of the picture book biography.
The Sibert Medal, given by ALSC, awarding informational writing for children.
How to read Gertrude Stein from Boston University
Full text of "Sacred Emily" by Gertrude Stein.
Today's books are:
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: a celebration of poetry with a beat, edited by Nikki Giovanni. Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008
Out of Wonder: poems celebrating poets by Kwame Alexander. Candlewick Press, 2017.
Links to some of the things we talked about today:
poets.org on National Poetry Month
Last year's Poetry Month conversation with poet Kelly Russell Agodon on No Extra Words
Poet James Berry, who was featured in Hip Hop Speaks to Children
Tupac as most profane hip hop artist
The Atlantic on what is a poem
NPR conversation on Out of Wonder