Today is Friday, PoetryFriday! (Poetry Friday links are below)
Today, among the three or four mighty fine books I’ll have time to read in school as a BookPALS volunteer to five classes, I’ll share this favorite:
WHEN LUCY GOES OUT WALKING.
This is a fun calendar book from Ashley Wolff. I am lucky to have met both Ms. Wolff & also, her sweet Lucy of times ago, who was the real model for many an Ashley Wolff book. Each month brings us the pup, Lucy, in her first year of life.
The children I read to are keen to see how tiny Lucy is pictured in January, compared to how big she has grown, romping in December’s snowy poem. Much as they will shoot up there, in 2014, eh?
My favorite poem is August, for a finicky feline reason:
“When Lucy goes out walking
In August’s muggy heat,
The neighbor cats all scatter
Up and down the street.
To and fro
Where’d they go?
In August’s mugggy heat.”
-Ashley Wolff
The art for this poem include orange kitties. So of course I am sure they are our Ginger cat.
If you would like to dwell more in poetry for children, please take time today or this weekend to visit:
Poetry Friday – today hosted by Donna at Mainely Write.
Poetry Friday is a weekly community of readers and writers in children’s literature. They remember their own childhood joy in knowing poetry. And now they are passing it on.
Bookseedstudio 
9 responses to “Poetry Friday”
How fun to read about “muggy heat” in January, as we struggle with record cold here in the Midwest. 🙂
And thanks for the link to our TeachingAuthors blog, Jan. I’m thinking you may have meant to link directly to April’s list of the Cybli’s poetry finalists, since not every post on our blog is poetry related. That would be:
http://www.teachingauthors.com/2014/01/the-magnificent-seven-cybil-poetry-book.html
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Thanks for mentioning those opposites Carmela. Hope it warmed you a little! Also, thanks much for the URL correction. I’m sorry I had it wrong.
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Very nice! Thanks for sharing this. 🙂 And like Mary Lee said, Welcome to Poetry Friday.
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It’s so good of you to visit Myra. I look forward to finding Gathering Books – great name!
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Welcome to Poetry Friday! I love the way you describe it: “Poetry Friday is a weekly community of readers and writers in children’s literature. They remember their own childhood joy in knowing poetry. And now they are passing it on.”
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Thank you for visiting MaryLee & these fine thoughts. I look forward to seeing your link on the PF list.
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Hi, Jan! I’ve loved Ashley Wolff books forever, and loved getting to meet her up at a Highlights Founders illustrators workshop.
Robyn Hood Black
Life on the Deckle Edge blog
http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm
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Thanks back at you, Keri.
I have enjoyed discovering your site: Keri Recommends http://www.kerirecommends.com/
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Hi Jan! Thanks for being a volunteer reader — what a blessing you are! I’m happy to learn of little Lucy and will go searching for more of Ashley’s work.
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