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    Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
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    Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

    Written by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth

    Narrated by MacLeod Andrews, Ron Butler and Erin Bennett

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    About this audiobook

    Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors' hearts sing and their minds wonder. Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration, inviting the viewer to listen, wonder, and perhaps even pick up a pen.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateMar 20, 2018
    ISBN9781974900091
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    Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
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    Kwame Alexander

    Kwame Alexander is a poet, an educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty-five books, including his Newbery Medal–winning middle grade novel The Crossover. Some of his other works include Booked, which was longlisted for the National Book Award; The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life; Swing; the picture books How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem (coauthored with Deanna Nikaido), both illustrated by Melissa Sweet; and The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Caldecott Medal, a Newbery Honor, and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. He is a regular contributor to NPR’s Morning Edition, currently serving as their poet ambassador. He lives in Virginia with his family. Visit his website at kwamealexander.com. 

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    • 4/5
      Three North American poets who are also educators share poems they wrote that are inspired by some of their favorite poets. Some are influenced by the style of their heroes and heroines and some are in praise of them. All are intended to inspire student to try their hand at the art. Beautifully illustrated by Ekua Holmes’s mixed-media visual art, this is an accessible and inspiring collection of verse. It won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award in 2018.
    • 5/5
      Out of Wonder is a collection of poems written by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, and Marjory Wentworth in a tribute to poets who have inspired them. The honored poets are a diverse group of women and men, ancient and contemporary, and of various ethnic backgrounds. The poets celebrated include Robert Frost, e. e. cummings, Nikki Grimes, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Pablo Neruda, Mary Oliver, Sandra Cisneros, William Carlos Williams, Rumi, and Maya Angelou. At the end of the book are biographical sketches of each of the twenty poets. The joyously vivid illustrations by Ekua Holmes earned for her the Coretta Scott King illustrator award. Students may be inspired to seek out works by one or more of the celebrated poets, so teachers and school librarians will want to make sure that they have works on hand by each of the honorees.
    • 4/5
      These poems by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, and Marjory Wentworth are tributes to 20 of their favorite poets. Each poem attempts to duplicate the style (and topics) of the poet who influenced them. While it's a fun collection, I think I would have enjoyed the collection better if the poems were paired with an offering by the poet whose style is being duplicated. Sections at the back of the book offer brief biographies of each poet and group the poets in a listing by the time period in which each wrote. The illustrations are colorful. Although the book it is picture book, it can be enjoyed by teens and adults.
    • 5/5
      Kwame Alexander, et. al. showcase their amazing talent as they introduce us to and remind us of award-winning and beloved artists.