Poetry Tag: Marilyn Singer is IT

Poetry Tag continues for Poetry Friday this week (and every day in April). Yesterday, Joyce Sidman shared a “bird” poem and then she tagged Marilyn Singer. Marilyn shares a bird poem of her own with this note, “Sticking with both Joyce's bird theme and the idea of flocking, here's a poem about my favorite bird--- rather different from the lovely, seed-eating goldfinches. It's from THE COMPANY OF CROWS and it's spoken by ‘The Father’ (crow).” Here is the page from the book used with permission of the poet and the illustrator:































From The Company of Crows by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Linda Saport (Clarion, 2002). Used with permission of the poet and the illustrator.

Five fun facts about Marilyn Singer
*a trip to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden prompted her to focus on writing for young people
*she loves ballroom dancing
*her first book of poetry for children was Turtle in July (Macmillan, 1989)
*she has also written nonfiction, picture books, fairy tales, YA novels, and mysteries
*she and co-host, Barbara Genco launched the annual ALSC Poetry Blast of poets reading from their works in 2003
[Based on Poetry People; A Practical Guide to Children’s Poets]

Look for these selected poetry books by Singer:
*Turtle in July (Macmillan, 1989)
*Fireflies at Midnight (Atheneum, 2000)
*Monster Museum (Hyperion, 2001)
*Footprints on the Roof: Poems about the Earth (Knopf, 2002)
*How to Cross a Pond: Poems about Water (Knopf, 2003)
*Creature Carnival (Hyperion, 2004)
*Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth (Knopf, 2005)
*First Food Fight This Fall (Sterling, 2008)
*Shoe Bop! (Dutton, 2008)
*Mirror, Mirror (Dutton, 2010)



Next up: Kristine O’Connell George



Posting (not poem) by Sylvia M. Vardell © 2010. All rights reserved.

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