I just got a copy of the new anthology, Amazing Places, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and I was tickled pink to see that the State Fair of Texas was included in the 14 landmarks across the U.S. highlighted in poetry. So.... of course I had to take the book with me on my annual visit to the state fair this year and get my photo taken with Big Tex himself! |
The arrow points to the image of Big Tex that is included in the illustration! |
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Big Tex as featured in the book illustration |
The accompanying poem is "Midway Magic" by Rebecca Kai Dotlich-- a wonderful poem to read aloud-- nice and LOUD!
Lee is having a great year with three books of poetry out in 2015 and each one is a treat:- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Ed. 2015. Amazing Places. New York: Lee & Low.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Sel. 2015. Jumping Off Library Shelves: A Book of Poems. Ill. by Jane Manning.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Sel. 2015. Lullaby & Kisses Sweet: Poems to Love with Your Baby. Ill. by Alyssa Nassner. New York: Abrams.
And because I love to travel, it was fun to browse through each of the sites featured in Amazing Places and savor each of the poet perspectives, too. That got me thinking-- are there other works of poetry that particularly showcase the importance of place? Of course there are! So, I pulled a list together to share with you here-- and I welcome additional suggestions, of course.
The Poetry of Place: Poems and Geography
- _______. 2012. A Poem as Big as New York City: Little Kids Write About the Big Apple. Ill. by Masha D�yans. New York: Teachers Writers Collaborative.
- Asch, Frank. 1996. Sawgrass Poems: A View of the Everglades. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace.
- Asch, Frank. 1998. Cactus Poems. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace.
- Asch, Frank. 1999. Song of the North. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace.
- Begay, Shonto. 1995. Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa. New York: Scholastic.
- Brown, Skila. 2014. Caminar. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
- Bruchac, Joseph. 1995. The Earth under Sky Bear's Feet: Native American Poems of the Land. New York: Philomel Books.
- Bruchac, Joseph. 1996. Between Earth and Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace.
- Coombs, Kate. 2012. Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems. Ill. by Meilo So. San Francisco: Chronicle.
- Dotlich, Rebecca Kai and Lewis, J. Patrick. 2006. Castles: Old Stone Poems. Ill. by Dan Burr. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press.
- Engle, Margarita. 2008. The Surrender Tree. New York: Holt.
- Engle, Margarita. 2011. Hurricane Dancers; The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck. New York: Henry Holt.
- Engle, Margarita. 2014. Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
- Engle, Margarita. 2015. Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir. New York: Atheneum.
- Greenfield, Eloise. 2011. The Great Migration: Journey to the North. Ill. by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. New York: Amistad/HarperCollins.
- Grimes, Nikki. 2000. Is It Far to Zanzibar: Poems about Tanzania. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
- Grimes, Nikki. 2004. Tai Chi morning: Snapshots of China. Chicago: Cricket Books.
- Gunning, Monica. 1998. Under The Breadfruit Tree: Island Poems. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. 2000. My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States. New York: Simon & Schuster.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. 2009. City I Love. Ill. by Marcellus Hall. New York: Abrams.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Ed. 2002. Home to Me: Poems Across America. New York: Orchard.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Ed. 2006. Got Geography! Poems. New York: Greenwillow.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Ed. 2015. Amazing Places. New York: Lee & Low.
- Johnston, Tony. 1996. My Mexico-Mexico Mio. New York: Putnam.
- Katz, Bobbi. 2007. Trailblazers; Poems of Exploration. New York: Greenwillow.
- Kurtz, Jane. 2000. River Friendly, River Wild. New York: Simon & Schuster.
- Lai, Thanhha. 2011. Inside Out and Back Again. New York: HarperCollins.
- Lewis, J. Patrick. 2002. A World of Wonders: Geographic Travels in Verse and Rhyme. New York: Dial.
- Lewis, J. Patrick. 2005. Good Mornin�, Miss America: The U.S.A. in Verse. School Specialty Publishing.
- Lewis, J. Patrick. 2005. Monumental Verses. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.
- Lewis, J. Patrick. Ed. 2015. The National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry. Washington DC: National Geographic.
- Littlechild, George. 1993. This Land Is My Land. San Francisco, CA: Children�s Book Press.
- Locker, Thomas. 1998. Home: A Journey through America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
- Mora, Pat. 1994. The Desert is My Mother/El Desierto es Mi Madre. Houston, TX: Pinata Books.
- Myers, Walter Dean. 1997. Harlem: A Poem. New York: Scholastic.
- Myers, Walter Dean. 2011. We are America; A Tribute from the Heart. Ill. by Christopher Myers. New York: HarperCollins.
- Prelutsky, Jack. 2002. The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders. New York: Greenwillow.
- Salas, Laura Purdie. 2008. Tiny Dreams, Sprouting Tall: Poems About the United States. Minneapolis, MN: Capstone.
- Siebert, Diane. 1988. Mojave. New York: Crowell.
- Siebert, Diane. 1989. Heartland. New York: Crowell.
- Siebert, Diane. 1991. Sierra. New York: HarperCollins.
- Siebert, Diane. 2000. Cave. New York: HarperCollins.
- Siebert, Diane. 2001. Mississippi. Ill. by Greg Harlin. New York: HarperCollins.
- Siebert, Diane. 2006. Tour America: A Journey through Poems and Art. San Francisco: Chronicle.
- Singer, Marilyn. 2005. Monday on the Mississippi. New York: Henry Holt.
- Thompson, Holly. 2011. Orchards. New York: Random House.
- Wassenhove, Sue Van. 2008. The Seldom-Ever-Shady Glades. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills/Wordsong.
- Wolf, Allan. 2004. New Found Land; Lewis and Clark�s Voyage of Discovery. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
- Yolen, Jane. 1996. Sacred Places. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace.
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