The mistakes that made us : confessions from twenty poets / selected by Irene Latham and Charles Waters ; illustrated by Mercè López.
| Other author | Latham, Irene, compiler. |
| Other author | Waters, Charles, 1973- compiler. |
| Other author | López, Mercè, 1979- illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | © 2024 |
| Description | 39 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Oopsie daisy! Most valuable player / by Allan Wolf -- Matter I alls / by Linda Sue Park -- Science lesson / by David Elliott -- Eating concrete / by Matt Forrest Esenwine -- The wanderer / by Lacresha Berry -- Stuff happens. Dare / by George Ella Lyon -- You wanted to pitch / by Jaime Adoff -- Scissors / by Margarita Engle -- My secret / by Vikram Madan -- Silent / by Kim Rogers -- Blessings in disguise. My favorite mistake / by Douglas Florian -- When I was Miss Spider / by Tabatha Yeatts -- Escapando/Escaping / by Jorge Argueta -- Skipping / by Jane Yolen -- Tough loss / by Charles Waters -- What have I done? Pencil / by Naomi Shihab Nye -- Birthday breaths / by JaNay Brown-Wood -- Shattered / by Irene Latham -- Between us: a poem for two voices / by April Halprin Wayland -- The glue that binds us / by Darren Sardelli -- About the poets. |
| Abstract | Twenty poets each share a poem about a mistake they made as a young person and also provide a short statement on what they learned from it. |
| Abstract | "This engrossing poetry anthology explores making mistakes and learning from them. Twenty brave poets--Linda Sue Park, Margarita Engle, Allan Wolf, David Elliott, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Lacresha Berry, George Ella Lyon, Jaime Adoff, Vikram Madan, Kim Rogers, Douglas Florian, Tabatha Yeatts, Jorge Argueta, Jane Yolen, Charles Waters, JaNay Brown-Wood, Irene Latham, April Halprin Wayland, Darren Sardelli, and Naomi Shihab Nye--share real-life mistakes they made as young people . . . and what happened next. Edited by Irene Latham and Charles Waters, with brilliantly evocative illustrations by Merc̈ L̤pez, this is a book for all who are growing and discovering and still figuring out who we are. (Which is to say . . . all of us!)" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Interest age level | Ages: 7-11 |
| Interest grade level | Grades: 2-5. |
| Language | Includes one poem in Spanish with English translation. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Mistakes that made us Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2024] 9798765630242 |
| Genre/form | Autobiographical poetry |
| Genre/form | Juvenile works |
| Genre/form | Poetry |
| Genre/form | Autobiographical poetry. |
| LCCN | 2023049170 |
| ISBN | 9781728492100 (library binding) |
| ISBN | 1728492106 (library binding) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | Item being cataloged | 811.608 M6918 | Item being cataloged | Want This? |