Paul B. Janeczko, Author . Orchard $15.95 (98p) ISBN 978-0-439-53056-9
The cheesy title may put readers off, but the contents, compiled by Janeczko, are the real thing, though weighted toward the giants of English literature. Entries include a letter from John Keats to Fanny Brawne ("Do not I see a heart naturally...
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Paul B. Janeczko, Author . Candlewick $15.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2235-0
Janeczko, who has edited such standout collections as A Poke in the I
, here takes on an ambitious task: a novel in verse about a circus fire in Hartford, Conn., on July 6, 1944. Separated into three parts (before, during and after the fire), the 29
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Paul B. Janeczko, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $11.95 (162p) ISBN 978-0-02-747940-9
Set in the early '60s, this novel of stumbling into selfhood will be easy for readers to identify with. Freshman James Marchuk must reconcile hypocrisy with everything he's been told about honesty and following rules. What should he make of his...
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Paul B. Janeczko, Author, Paul B. Janeczko, Compiled by Candlewick Press (MA) $18.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0881-1
""Love words play with them find the meanings of those you don't know,"" writes poet Michael Dugan. He, along with 32 other poets including Ralph Fletcher, Douglas Florian, Naomi Shihab Nye and Jane Yolen offer words of encouragement and a few...
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Paul B. Janeczko, illus. by Melissa Sweet. Candlewick, $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4842-8
Never more than six or seven lines long—and some are just a few words—each poem in Janeczko’s (A Foot in the Mouth) spirited anthology celebrates an aspect of the seasons. Evocative and accessible, they make excellent prompts for classroom poetry...
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Paul B. Janeczko, Author, Melissa Sweet, Illustrator, Paul B. Janeczko, Selected by , illus. by Melissa Sweet. HarperCollins $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-688-16251-1
These well-chosen verses represent what Janeczko (Very Best [Almost] Friends) calls "persona or mask poems"—each written in the voice of an object or animal. Bobbi Katz's washing machine sings its washing songs—"Blub-blu
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Selected by Paul B. Janeczko, illus. by Chris Raschka. Candlewick, $17.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6963-8
Janeczko and Raschka’s stellar fourth poetry collaboration, following A Poke in the I and other acclaimed titles, presents a chronological “history” of the development of poetry, from the Middle Ages to the present. The highlighted poems are,...
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On this book's cover, a winking man nudges a letter "I" with his umbrella. This multilayered image, with its homonym and visual game, provides a stimulating introduction to 30 concrete poems by various authors. Throughout the volume,...
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Paul B. Janeczko, Author, Jenna Lareau, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $16.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0971-9
Known for his editing of poetry anthologies, Paul B. Janeczko studies another form of often-perplexing writing in Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing, illus. by Jenna LaReau. Janeczko discusses numerous codes that have...
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