NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 30

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems. Since someone pointed out I'd written poems about spring, summer, and fall, I knew I couldn't leave out winter.

Zero is the leaves on the tree

How do you know it's winter?

Animals

snack, snooze, skedaddle

snowflakes fall

Old bear

time to sleep

wait, rest, pause

Footprints in the snow

bear snores on

Time flies

On a snow-melting day

snowman - cold = puddle

Wake up world!

Spring is here

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Zero Is the Leaves on the Tree by Betsy Franco, illustrations by Sino Arihara
• How Do You Know It's Winter? by Ruth Owen
• Picture This: Animals by Margaret Hynes, illustrations by Andy Crisp
• Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle: How Animals Get Ready For Winter by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrations by Claudine Gévry
• Snowflakes Fall by Patricia MacLachlan, illustrations by Steven Kellogg
• Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
• Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
• Wait, Rest, Pause: Dormancy in Nature by Marcie Flinchum Atkins
• Footprints in the Snow by Mei Matsuoka
• Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson, illustrations by Jane Chapman
• Time Flies by Eric Rohmann
• On a Snow-Melting Day: Seeking Signs of Spring by Buffy Silverman
• Snowman - Cold = Puddle: Spring Equations by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrations by Micha Archer
• Wake Up, World!: A Day In the Life of Children Around the World by Beatrice Hollyer
• Spring is Here: A Bear and Mole Story by Will Hillenbrand

It's hard to believe this is the last day of April and the last book spine poem for a while. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. I can't thank you enough for joining me on this journey.

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 29

    For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Stichin' and Pullin' a Gee's Bend Quilt

Eight hands round

growing patterns

inch by inch

stitch by stitch

the seasons sewn

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Stitchin' and Pullin' A Gee's Bend Quilt by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrations by Cozbi A. Cabrera
• Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet by Ann Whitford Paul, illustrations by Jeanette Winter
• Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature by Sarah C. Campbell, photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
• Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
• Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom by Connie Schofield-Morrison, illustrations by Elizabeth Zunon
• The Seasons Sewn: A Year in Patchwork by Ann Whitford Paul, illustrations by Michael McCurdy

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 28

   For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Climb into my lap

here’s a little poem

you read to me, I’ll read to you

books day by day

love in the library

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Climb Into My Lap: First Poems to Read Together, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Kathryn Brown
• Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry, collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters, illustrations by Polly Dunbar
• You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrations by Michael Emberley
• Books Day By Day: Anniversaries, Anecdotes, and Activities by Susan Ohanian
• Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrations by Yas Imamura

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 27

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Count Down to Fall

Shrinking days, frosty nights

summer green to autumn gold

goodbye summer, hello autumn

leaf by leaf

leaves fall down

in November

a chill in the air

every autumn comes the bear

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Count Down to Fall by Fran Hawk, illustrations by Sherry Neidigh
• Shrinking Days, Frosty Nights: Poems About Fall by Laura Purdie Salas
• Summer Green to Autumn Gold: Uncovering Leaves' Hidden Colors by Mia Posada
• Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
• Leaf by Leaf: Autumn Poems, selected by Barbara Rogasky, photographs by Marc Tauss
• Leaves Fall Down: Learning About Autumn Leaves by Lisa Bullard, illustrations by Nadine Takvorian
• In November by Cynthia Rylant, illustrations by Jill Kastner
• A Chill in the Air: Nature Poems for Fall and Winter by John Frank, illustrations by Mike Reed
• Every Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 26

Happy Poetry Friday! For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Up in the garden and down in the dirt

a seed is the start

When green becomes tomatoes

my father’s hands

Pick! Pull! Snap!

Tops and bottoms

first, peas to the table

corn

rah, rah, radishes

fresh, delicious

Let’s eat!

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Up In the Garden and Down In the Dirt by Kate Messner, art by Christopher Silas Neal
• A Seed Is the Start by Melissa Stewart
• When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano, pictures by Julie Morstad
• My Father's Hands by Joanne Ryder, illustrations by Mark Graham
• Pick, Pull, Snap!: Where Once a Flower Bloomed by Lola Schaefer, illustrations by Lindsay Barrett George
• Tops & Bottoms, adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens
• First Peas to the Table by Susan Grigsby, illustrations by Nicole Tadgell
• Corn by Gail Gibbons
• Rah, Rah, Radishes!: A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre
• Fresh Delicious: Poems From the Farmer's Market by Irene Latham, illustrations by Mique Moriuchi
• Let's Eat!: What Children Eat Around the World by Beatrice Hollyer

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

This week, Poetry Friday is hosted by Ruth at There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town. I hope you'll take some time to check out all the poetic things being shared today.

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 25

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems. Today's poem was inspired by this year's Progressive Poem. (See the list of participants to follow the poem. It began with Patricia Franze at Reverie.)

The journey

out of the dust

dreamers

the undefeated

illegal

chasing freedom

unspoken

unsettling truths

This child, every child

now and then

an American story

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• The Journey by Sarah Stewart, illustrations by David Small
• Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
• Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
• The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illustrations by Kadir Nelson
• Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrations by Giovanni Rigano
• Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts by Nikki Grimes, illustrations by Michele Wood
• Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole
• Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah
• This Child, Every Child: A Book About the World's Children by David J. Smith, illustrations by Shelagh Armstrong
• Now and Then by Claire Philip, illustrations by Greg Paprocki
• An American Story by Kwame Alexander, art by Dare Coulter

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 24

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

We 

wonder

the shape of the world

gravity

spiders and their webs

dinosaur bones

bubble homes and fish farts

how the sea came to be

the stunning science of everything

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• We by Alice Schertle, illustrations by Kenneth Addison
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• The Shape of the World by K.L. Going, illustrated Lauren Stringer
• Gravity by Jason Chin
• Spiders and Their Webs by Darlyne A. Murawski
• Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner
• Bubble Homes and Fish Farts by Fiona Bayrock, illustrations by Carolyn Conahan
• How the Sea Came to Be: And All the Creatures In It by Jennifer Berne, illustrations by Amanda Hall
• The Stunning Science of Everything: Science With the Squishy Bits Left In! by Nick Arnold, illustrations by Tony De Saulles

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 23

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Poem-Making

Look to the stars

listen to the wind

How do you feel?

Reflect and write

a river of words

Fearless writing

the arrow finds its mark

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Poem-Making: Ways to Begin Writing Poetry by Myra Cohn Livingston
• Look to the Stars by Buzz Aldrin, paintings by Wendell Minor
• Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth, collages by Susan L. Roth
• How Do You Feel? by Anthony Browne
• Reflect and Write: 300 Poems and Photographs to Inspire Writing, compiled by Elizabeth Guy and Hank Kellner
• A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant, illustrations by Melissa Sweet
• Fearless Writing: Multigenre to Motivate and Inspire by Tom Romano
• The Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book of Found Poems, edited by Georgia Heard, illustrations by Antoine Guilloppé

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 22

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Ten flashing fireflies

light up the night

counting the stars

dark on light

Small wonders

flip, float, fly

a sky full of poems

signals in the sky

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges, illustrations by Anna Vojtech
• Light Up the Night by Jean Reidy, illustrations by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
• Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrations by Raúl Colón
• Dark on Light by Dianne White, illustrations by Felicita Sala
• Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre & His World of Insects by Matthew Clark Smith, illustrations by Giuliano Ferri
• Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move by JoAnn Early Macken, illustrations by Pam Paparone
• A Sky Full of Poems by Eve Merriam, illustrations by Walter Gaffney-Kessell
• Signals in the Sky by Candice Ransom

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 21

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Firefly July

Marshmallow clouds

enchanted air

Yellow umbrella

one white sail

Ice cream summer

lemonade sun

Summer beat

see me run!

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems, selected by Paul B. Janeczko, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
• Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech by Ted Kooser and Connie Wanek, illustrations by Richard Jones
• Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle
• Yellow Umbrella by Jae Soo Liu
• One White Sail by S.T. Garne, pictures by Lisa Etre
• Ice Cream Summer by Peter Sís
• Lemonade Sun and Other Poems by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, illustrations by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
• Summer Beat by Besty Franco, illustrations by Charlotte Middleton
• See Me Run by Paul Meisel

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 20

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

A Writing Kind of Day

When rain falls

Splish! Splash!

The sky stirs up trouble

Tap, tap! Boom, boom!

When thunder comes

Flash! Crash! Rumble and Roll!

This is the rain

Drip! Drop!

What’s the weather inside?

Cloudy, with a chance of meatballs.

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• A Writing Kind of Day: Poems For Young Poets by Ralph Fletcher, illustrations by April Ward
• When Rain Falls by Melissa Stewart, illustrations by Constance Rummel Bergum
• Splish Splash by Joan Bransfield Graham, illustrations by Steve Scott
• The Sky Stirs Up Trouble: Tornadoes by Belinda Jensen, illustrations by Renée Kurilla 
• Tap Tap Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemle, illustrations by G. Brian Karas
• When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders by J. Patrick Lewis, illustrations by Jim Burke, R. Gregory Christie, Tonya Engel, John Parra, Meilo So
• Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll by Franklyn Branley, illustrations by True Kelley
• This Is the Rain by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrations by Jane Wattenberg 
• Drip! Drop!: How Water Gets to Your Tap by Barbara Seuling, illustrations by Nancy Tobin 
• What's the Weather Inside?: Poems by Karma Wilson, illustrations by Barry Blitt 
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, drawn by Ron Barrett

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 19

Happy Poetry Friday! For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

This is just to say

poetry matters

Today and today

just people and paper, pen, poem

tiny dreams sprouting tall

Wonderful words

falling down the page

A lucky thing

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• This is Just to Say by Joyce Sidman, illustrations by Pamela Zagarenski
• Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem From the Inside Out by Ralph Fletcher 
• Today and Today, haiku by Issa, pictures by G. Brian Karas
• Just People and Other Poems for Young Readers & Paper/Pen/Poem: A Young Writer's Way to Begin, poems by Kathi Appelt, photographs by Kenneth Appelt
• Tiny Dreams Sprounting Tall: Poems About the United States by Laura Purdie Salas
• Wonderful Words: Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Karen Barbour
• Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems, edited by Georgia Heard
• A Lucky Thing by Alice Schertle, paintings by Wendell Minor

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

This week, Poetry Friday is hosted by Heidi Mordhorst at my juicy little universe. I hope you'll take some time to check out all things poetic being shared today.

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 18

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Subway sparrow

city hawk

honk, honk, goose

bird talk

Chatter, sing, roar, buzz

song of the wild

where I live 

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Subway Sparrow by Leyla Torres
• City Hawk: The Story of Pale Male by Meghan McCarthy
• Honk, Honk, Goose!: Canada Geese Start a Family by April Pulley Sayre, illustrations by Huy Voun Lee
• Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why by Lita Judge
• Chatter, Sing, Roar, Buzz: Poems About the Rain Forest by Laura Purdie Salas
• Song of the Wild: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies, illustrations by Petr Horacek 
• Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli, illustrations by Matt Phelan

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 17

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

I’m trying to love math

Marvelous math

  the numbers

   millions, billions, and trillions

    this plus that

Mesmerizing math

  when a line bends, a shape begins

   shapes, shapes, shapes

    seeing symmetry

Mystery math

  How many?

   Why Pi?

    Which one doesn’t belong?

Grasping mysteries

in the moment

learning to love math

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• I'm Trying to Love Math by Bethany Barton
• Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Karen Barbour
• The Numbers (Mouse Books) by Monique Felix 
• Millions, Billions, & Trillions: Understanding Big Numbers by David A. Adler, illustrations by Edward Miller
• This Plus That: Life's Little Equations by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrations by Jen Corace
• Mesmerizing Math by Jonathan Litton, illustrations by Thomas Flintham 
• When a Line Bends . . . A Shape Begins by Rhonda Gowler Greene, illustrations by James Kaczman 
• Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban
• Seeing Symmetry by Loreen Leedy
• Mystery Math: A First Book of Algebra by David A. Adler, illustrations by Edward Miller 
• How Many? (Talking Math) by Christopher Danielson
• Why Pi? by Johnny Ball
• Which One Doesn't Belong?: A Shapes Book by Christopher Danielson
• Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins
• In the Moment: Conferring in the Elementary Math Classroom by Jen Munson
• Learning to Love Math: Teaching Strategies That Change Student Attitudes and Get Results by Judy Willis

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 16

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

The year comes round

a new school year

Let's go!

The song shoots out of my mouth

O Frabjous day!

Hello school!

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• The Year Comes Round: Haiku through the Seasons by Sid Farrar, illustrations by Ilse Plume
• A New School Year: Stories in Six Voices by Sally Derby, illustrations by Mika Song
• Let's Go!: The Story of Getting from There to Here by Lizann Flatt, illustrations by Scot Ritchie 
• The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth by Jaime Adoff, illustrations by Martin French
• O Frabjous Day!: Poetry for Holidays and Special Occasions, edited by Myra Cohn Livingston
• Hello School! by Dee Lillegard, illustrations by Don Carter

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 15

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Leaf by leaf
swirl by swirl
down ... down ... down
Wonder fall
Roots and blues
Forest has a song

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Leaf by Leaf: Autumn Poems selected by Barbara Rogasky, photographs by Marc Tauss
• Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman, pictures by Beth Krommes
• Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea by Steve Jenkins
• Wonderfall by Michael Hall
• Roots and Blues: A Celebration by Arnold Adoff, paintings by R. Gregory Christie
• Forest Has a Song by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, illustrations by Robbin Gourley

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 14

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Sky scrape, city scape

come with me

A city is

home to me

New York

Hello, hello!

Here I am 

home, sweet home

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Sky Scrape/City Scape: Poems of City Life by Jane Yolen, illustrations by Ken Condon 
• Come With Me: Poems For a Journey by Naomi Shihab Nye, images by Dan Yaccarino
• A City Is by Norman Rosten, illustrations by Melanie Hope Greenberg
• Home to Me: Poems Across America, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Stephen Alcorn
• New York (State Shapes) by Erik Bruun, illustrations by Rick Peterson
• Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel
• Here I Am by Patti Kim, pictures by Sonia Sánchez
• Home, Sweet Home: What Makes a House a Home? by Moira Butterfield, illustrations by Clair Rossiter

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 13

 For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Looking down
the microscope
Can you see what I see?
A drop of water
strange creatures
least things
ten times better

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Looking Down by Steve Jenkins
  
• The Microscope by Maxine Kumin, pictures by Arnold Lobel
• Can You See What I See?: On the Road by Walter Wick
• A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick
• Strange Creatures: The Story of Walter Rothschild and His Museum by Lita Judge
• Least Things: Poems About Small Natures by Jane Yolen, photographs by Jason Stemple
• Ten Times Better by Richard Michelson, paintings by Leonard Baskin

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 12

Happy Poetry Friday! For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Fireflies at midnight
flicker flash
light up the night
sky magic

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Fireflies at Midnight by Marilyn Singer, pictures by Ken Robbins 
• Flicker Flash by Joan Bransfield Graham, illustrations by Nancy Davis
• Light Up the Night by Jean Reidy, pictures by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
• Sky Magic, compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Mariusz Stawarski

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page. 

This week, Poetry Friday is hosted by Jone Rush MacCulloch. I hope you'll take the time to check out all things poetic being shared today.

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 11

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Today's poem is a little different. This is my attempt at using book titles to fashion a "Where I'm From" poem in the style of George Ella Lyons. You will see it is created in a series of book stack stanzas, using the same title to begin each one. I hope you learn a little about me, as this is an autobiographical poem. 

I'm from

Children of the Great Depression

the button box

the hard-times jar

earn it

save it

waiting is not easy

I'm from

chalk

kitchen science

handsprings

summersaults

messing around on the monkey bars

I'm from

gone fishing

toasting marshmallows

a walk in the woods

follow the moon home

finding wonders

the pebble in my pocket

I'm from

four seasons make a year

love that dog

let me fix you a plate

museum trip

there's a map on my lap

are we there yet?

I’m from

that’s a possibility

count on me

we all play

ALL are welcome

friends beyond measure

Where are you from?

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• I'm From by Gary R. Gray, Jr., pictures by Oge Mora
• Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman
• The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid, illustrations by Sarah Chamberlain
• The Hard-Times Jar by Ethel Footman Smothers, illustrations by John Holyfield
• Earn It!: A Moneybunny Book by Cinders McLeod 
• Save It!: A Moneybunny Book by Cinders McLeod 
• Waiting Is Not Easy!-An Elephant and Piggie Book by Mo Willems
• Chalk by Bill Thomson
• Kitchen Science by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone 
• Handsprings by Douglas Florian
• Summersaults by Douglas Florian
• Messing Around on the Monkey Bars: and Other School Poems for Two Voices by Betsy Franco, illustrations by Jessie Hartland 
• Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse by Tamera Will Wissinger, illustrations by Matthew Cordell 
• Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems by Kristine O'Connell George, illustrations by Kate Kiesler 
• A Walk in the Woods by Nikki Grimes, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney 
• Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson, illustrations by Meilo So
• Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science by Jeannine Atkins
• The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth by Meredith Hooper, illustrations by Chris Coady 
• Four Seasons Make a Year by Anne Rockwell, illustrations by Megan Halsey 
• Love That Dog by Sharon Creech 
• Let Me Fix You a Plate: A Tale of Two Kitchens by Elizabeth Lilly
• Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman
• There's a Map on My Lap! All About Maps (The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) by Tish Rabe, illustrations by Aristides Ruiz 
• Are We There Yet? by Dan Santat
• That's a Possibility!: A Book About What Might Happen by Bruce Goldstone
• Count on Me by Miguel Tanco
• We All Play by Julie Flett 
• All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold, illustrations by Suzanne Kaufman
• Friends Beyond Measure by Lalena Fisher
• Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez, illustrations by Jaime Kim

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page.