This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness
Joyce Sidman
(Author)
Pamela Zagarenski
(Illustrator)
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
$17.99
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publish Date
April 01, 2007
Pages
48
Dimensions
7.8 X 9.5 X 0.4 inches | 0.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780618616800
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About the Author
The Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medalist Joyce Sidman is today's foremost nature poet for children. Accolades for her books include two Caldecott Honors, a Lee Bennet Hopkins Award, winner of the Claudia Lews Award, and many stars and best of lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit www.joycesidman.com
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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
