Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

In SPRING,For today’s three highlighted books, I wanted to include another title from this dynamic duo — This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness — a book that rocked my world with its deft and deep understanding of human nature. It makes me cry. And now I’ve squeezed in a mention, so HAH! Try to fence me in, Thursday Three format that I invented.
Red sings
from treetops:
cheer-cheer-cheer,
each note dropping
like a cherry
into my ear.
Speak To Me (And I Will Listen Between The Lines)
by Karen English, illustrated by Amy Bates

If Not for the Cat
by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Ted Rand

“If not for the cat, And the scarcity of cheese, I could be content.” Every time I reference this book, I have to double-check that the poet is indeed Prelutsky because it doesn’t fit with the sillier style I’ve come to associate with him. But yes, it’s him crafting these perfect poems about seventeen different animals. The poems are accessible for children, but take some thought too — along with offering some challenging, evocative words. The illustrations are beautiful, with a great use of detail and color to support the haiku. Purists will note that it isn’t true haiku as they don’t all feature the requisite seventeen syllables, but I don’t feel the need to split hairs with someone who thinks to describe jellyfish moving “gelatinously.” Brilliant stuff, this.
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Happy Poetry Month! We are asking readers to share their favorite poetry or poetry related books with us as well. One of my favorites is DOGKU by Andrew Clements.
~ Lauri Chandler
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