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Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

Out of gratitude for the poet’s art form, Newbery Award–winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors’ hearts sing and their minds wonder. Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration and invite the reader to listen, wonder, and perhaps even pick up a pen.

Reading Age: 8 - 12 years
Publisher: Candlewick (Mar 14, 2017)
ISBN-13: 978-0763680947

 
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“Ekua Holmes...creates mixed media art that is as evocative as the poems they complement and that demand we look as deeply into them as we do the poems.”

— Literacy Daily

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Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

Awards & Honors


Library Guild Selection

The Horn Book Summer Reading List

Parents' Choice Awards Gold Award

New York Public Library's 100 Best Books for Kids

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books

Evanston Public Library: 101 Great Books for Kids list

Boston Globe Best Children's Books of the Year 2017

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature's Best Books List

Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year

NCTE Notable Poetry Books List

Cybils Award, Poetry Finalist

BCCB Blue Ribbon List

Notable Books for a Global Society list

Children's & Teen Choice Book Award Finalist

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award Winner

Booklist Editors' Choice

Book Links' Lasting Connections

Booklist Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction For Youth: 2017

ALA Notable Children's Books

ALSC Notables List: All Ages category

Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts

Georgia Book Award Nominee  2018-2019

ILA-CBC Children's Choices list

ABC Best Books for Young Readers Catalog Selection

Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year

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