Best Selling Books by Paul B. Janeczko

Poet and teacher Paul Janeczko knows how to appeal to kids'' sense of what''s silly, while teaching them a thing or two about reading and writing poetry! Highly motivating sample poems and lessons show students how to write funny poems they will love to share with others. Great for reluctant writers. For use with Grades 3-6.

Provides practical advice on the art of writing different forms of poetry.

A collection of 125 modern poems based on the poets'' experiences of family life, as parents, children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, cousins, nieces and nephews, and grandchildren.

Two poetry masters create a slice of American life, in renga form. This portrait of a day in the life of an American village is told in an ancient poetic form known as the renga (meaning "linked verse"), in which one poet writes a verse and another poet responds to that. Then the first poet adds another verse, and so on. Each verse links somehow with the one preceding it but not with the others. This means that each new verse takes the story in a completely different direction as each poetcomes up with a clever way to connect the new verse. Birds on a Wire, a Parents'' Choice and IRA Teachers'' Choice book, is a random romp around town.

Boost students'' reading skills and deepen their understanding of literary elements through poetry-based lessons and engaging activities!

A collection of bittersweet, thought-provoking poems by a variety of modern authors.

A selection of short, funny poems for kids.

A collection of true spy stories from throughout the history of the United States, discussing personalities, missions, traitors, technological advances, and more.