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Out of Wonder: Celebrating Poets and Poetry

Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Paperback
$9.99 US
9.88"W x 11.44"H x 0.2"D   | 11 oz | 46 per carton
On sale Dec 07, 2021 | 56 Pages | 9781536221947
Age 8-12 years | Grades 3-7
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“A culturally rich collection of poetic tributes that extends the legacies of poets from around the globe. . . . A magnificent exploration of the poetic imagination.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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. In this Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner, 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.
  • WINNER | 2018
    Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
  • AWARD | 2018
    NCTE Notable Children's Trade Books in the Language Arts
  • FINALIST | 2017
    Cybils
  • AWARD | 2017
    Booklist Editor's Choice
  • AWARD | 2017
    Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books

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“A culturally rich collection of poetic tributes that extends the legacies of poets from around the globe. . . . A magnificent exploration of the poetic imagination.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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. In this Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner, 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.

Awards

  • WINNER | 2018
    Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
  • AWARD | 2018
    NCTE Notable Children's Trade Books in the Language Arts
  • FINALIST | 2017
    Cybils
  • AWARD | 2017
    Booklist Editor's Choice
  • AWARD | 2017
    Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books

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