Teen Activities Calendar: March 2017

Over at Demco's Ideas and Inspiration Blog, Emily Ellis, Head of Reference and Teen Services at Greenwood Public Library, shares awesome calendars filled to the brim with teen activities.  This month the focus is on poetry (April is National Poetry Month) with DIY projects sprinkled throughout!  Explore the calendar in-depth and find downloadable versions HERE.

April 2016 ROW Book Selections

Read On Wisconsin's April 2016 titles include:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschoolers
Baby Animal Farm (Karen Blair)
Call Me Tree = Llamame arbol (Maya Christina Gonzalez)
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator (Sarah C. Campbell)

Primary (Grades K - 2)
Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas! (Philippe Coudray)
Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry (Joyce Sidman)

Intermediate (Grades 3 - 5)
African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways (Avis Harley)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Chris Grabenstein)

Middle School
 If I Ever Get Out of Here (Eric Gansworth)

High School
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal (Margarita Engle)

Explore each title in more depth HERE.

April is National Poetry Month!

 

This April marks the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month, which was inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996.  Over the years, National Poetry Month has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture.

The month includes programs such as Poem in Your Pocket Day and Poem-a-Day. 

The main hub for all things National Poetry Month is National Poetry Month, Poets.org.  Check out the site, which includes resources for educators, 30 ideas for celebrating, and more.