cover image Haiku: Learn to Express Yourself by Writing Poetry in the Japanese Tradition

Haiku: Learn to Express Yourself by Writing Poetry in the Japanese Tradition

Patricia Donegan. Tuttle Publishing, $14.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-8048-3501-5

Two books launch the Asian Arts and Crafts for Creative Kids series: Origami by Michael LaFosse, and Haiku by Patricia Donegan. The first title begins with an introduction with suggestions and sources for finding good origami paper, as well as a brief synopsis of terms, techniques and symbols, then demonstrates over one dozen origami projects. Haiku offers a history of the Japanese poetic form and numerous tools to get young poets writing their own.