This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness
Joyce Sidman
(Author)
Pamela Zagarenski
(Illustrator)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
When Mrs. Merz asks her sixth grade class to write poems of apology, they end up liking their poems so much that they decide to put them together into a book. Not only that, but they get the people to whom they apologized to write poems back. In haiku, pantoums, two-part poems, snippets, and rhymes, Mrs. Merz's class writes of crushes, overbearing parents, loving and losing pets, and more. Some poets are deeply sorry; some not at all. Some are forgiven; some are not. In each pair of poems a relationship, a connection, is revealed.
Product Details
Price
$7.99
$7.43
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publish Date
February 25, 2014
Pages
48
Dimensions
7.4 X 9.3 X 0.5 inches | 0.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780544105072
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About the Author
Joyce Sidman received a Newbery Honor for Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit her website at www.joycesidman.com.
Pamela Zagarenski received a Caldecott Honor for Red Sings from the Treetops: A Year in Colors, by Joyce Sidman. She lives in Stonington, Connecticut.
Reviews
Packed with the intensity of everyday pain and sorrow, kids and adults exchange the words that convey grief, delight, love and acceptance of themselves and others.
Kirkus Reviews The poems successfully navigate the complicated terrain for those who seek forgiveness.
Publishers Weekly "Sidman's collection could help young poets express themselves and learn from their mistakes." Book Links January 2008 Book Links, ALA "Delicate, mixed-media illustrations...add touches of whimsy and wit to these delightful missives." SLJ December 2007 School Library Journal
Kirkus Reviews The poems successfully navigate the complicated terrain for those who seek forgiveness.
Publishers Weekly "Sidman's collection could help young poets express themselves and learn from their mistakes." Book Links January 2008 Book Links, ALA "Delicate, mixed-media illustrations...add touches of whimsy and wit to these delightful missives." SLJ December 2007 School Library Journal
