The Poem That Will Not End: Fun with Poetic Forms and Voices - Tapa dura

Ryan O’Brian is riding a wave of inspiration with no shoreline in sight—he can't STOP writing poetry. In the cafeteria with french fries. In the bathroom with toothpaste. Even on the soccer field with mud! Has he reached an artistic crescendo with a sonnet on the staircase and a villanelle on the shower curtain? What next?

In this innovative, inspiring picture book, you’ll find a laugh-out-loud story poem full of hilarious antics, and, if you look carefully, you’ll discover Ryan’s own poems within the inventive illustrations. As a bonus, Ryan’s helpful guide to fifteen poetic forms and five voices invites you to challenge your own poetic imagination.

Ideal for reading aloud or acting out, here’s the perfect book to celebrate the joy of poetry and spark creative thinking. Join in the fun!

Joan Bransfield Graham is an award-winning poet who can’t stop writing poetry. Her poems have been featured in anthologies, magazines, textbooks, and on CDs. Her books Splish Splash and Flicker Flash—shape poems about water and light—were both chosen as School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and her poetry has been described as “ingenious,” “refreshing,” and “wonderfully evocative.” A former teacher, she lives near Los Angeles, California.

Kyrsten Brooker’s distinct, inventive illustrations have appeared in popular and award-winning picture books, such as When We Go Walking by Cari Best, Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. McKissack, and Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter, which J. Patrick Lewis praised in a New York Times review saying, “Kyrsten Brooker uses collages so adroitly and with such brio that you feel like reaching in and putting an arm around each of these elegantly drawn characters.” She lives with her family in Alberta, Canada.