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The new book is here!!
COLOR is bursting out all over! Celebrate it in all four seasons with my newest book, Red Sings from Treetops: a Year in Colors.
Pink hides, Green floats, Yellow and Purple hold hands, and Red . . . well, you'll just have to see. Follow the cute little pup that explores each page.
Illustrated by the wonderful Pamela Zagarensky
Joyce will be participating in the 6th Annual ALSC Poetry Blast at the ALA (American Library Association) Convention in Chicago, July 10-15, 2009. Lots of other children's poets will be there, too. Come join us!
Plus . . .
I visited the Dayton's Bluff Elementary School in St. Paul, MN recently, and was greeted by walls and tables full of poetry!
K-1 students had illustrated poems from The World According to Dog, third and fourth graders had made books with poems and "fact boxes" based on Song of the Water Boatman (photo at right), and fifth and sixth graders had created shape poems in the style of Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry and Butterfly Eyes.
They were also a terrific audience and asked lots of good questions. We had a wonderful day together!
