Catbird's Song Book

I've been wanting to incorporate poetry into my Kids Cafe program for April, since it's National Poetry Month. There are so many great suggestions in this book. For example, I'm thinking about becoming an ESL tutor and was pleased to know that you could use poems to increase fluency, especially in reading aloud. There's a list of twenty classic poems not to be missed, plenty of examples of good multicultural poetry to use with kids (which is excellent as my program tends to be pretty diverse), lists of fifty children's poets I should know, ten picture book poems I should definitely use, online resources I could use to find poetry, as well as ways to celebrate National Poetry Month. There are also ways to pair classic and contemporary poems, pairing nonfiction and poetry, ten strategies for sharing poetry out loud, ways to pair art and poetry together, as well as an example of how to do biography poems. So I should be set in trying to find activities and ways to share poetry with the kids. Highly recommended, 5 stars.