Giveaway Winners!

Thank you to everyone who entered our giveaway and all those who shared ideas for National Poetry Month celebrations!  Congratulations to the winners: Maria O’Toole (Elementary), jkpurtzer (Middle School), and Stephanie Quinn (High School).

If you are looking for poetry books to read or share for April, we have lots of suggestions.

• The Rainy Day Stories that Mindy shares in this post from last summer might inspire kids to write their own experiences in poetic forms.
• Explore the poetry of nature with the books in Looking for Science Poetry.
• Tracey shares some fun poetry books that might get kids excited to write their own poems in Using Poetry Books as Writing Examples.
• Peek inside some adorable Animal Poetry books in this post from one of our former bloggers.
• For those of you with Mackin.com logins, you can access our recent Hot Topics list for National Poetry Month here.

Happy National Poetry Month and happy reading!