Poems for Every Season: A Year of Haiku, Sonnets, and More – written by Bette Westera, illustrated by Henriette Boerendans, translated from the Dutch by David ColmerEerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2026 Poems for Every Season is tranquil, beautiful, and also, thorough. There are many excellent illustrated anthologies of poetry for young people (here, for … Continue reading Seasons of Words
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Poems That Take Flight
Words with Wings and Magic Things – written by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Doug SalatiTundra Books, 2025 Designing a book of poetry for children is not an easy task. There are outstanding collections of classic poems accompanied by different artists’ interpretation. A Child’s Garden of Verse alone has been illustrated by, among others, Jessie Wilcox … Continue reading Poems That Take Flight