Book Descriptions
for The Place My Words Are Looking For by Paul B. Janeczko
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
"...Collect words!...Be yourself. Do not imitate other poets. You are as important as they are...", counsels Gwendolyn Brooks in a short personal statement preceding her poem "Computer". Page layouts with generous amounts of open space invite young readers and writers to discover what 39 contemporary poets say about their work as well as to sample on or two of their poems. The black and white photograph introducing each poet provides a visual immediacy corresponding to the upbeat tone of the anthology. Other poets represented include Paul Fleischman, Russell Hoban, Felice Holman, Maxine Kumin, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, Naomi Shihab Nye, Gary Soto, John Updike and Ron Wallace. (Age 10 and older)
CCBC Choices 1990 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1990. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
The Place My Words Are Looking For is Paul B. Janeczko's collection of the leading poet's and the commentary associated with their work.
In this collection of poetry and commentary, 39 of our leading poets share their poems as well as their thoughts, unravelling their inspirations, reflections, methods, and memories.
In this collection of poetry and commentary, 39 of our leading poets share their poems as well as their thoughts, unravelling their inspirations, reflections, methods, and memories.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
