Tag: poetry

• Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors – Joyce Sidman

  

  Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Nothing about this book really struck me despite the fact that I wanted to love a poetic book about the seasons. Although I found the artwork to be cute at times, overall I just wasn’t a big fan […]

  kyera

  June 5, 2020

  Book Review

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• The Crossover – Kwame Alexander

  

  The Crossover by Kwame Alexander My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Crossover by Kwame Alexander is a book written in verse that manages to tell a multi-faceted story with so few words and I feel that the style will appeal to readers, whether they normally enjoy poetry or not. It is also a Newbery […]

  kyera

  December 19, 2019

  4 Star Reads, Book Review

  4 star, book, book in verse, Book Review, childrens, kwame alexander, middle grade, poetry, review, the crossover

• The Sun and Her Flowers – Rupi Kaur

  

  The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars The Sun and Her Flowers is the second book of poetry by poet Rupi Kaur. I haven’t read Milk and Honey, but I know that it is incredibly popular. I’m not a poetry reader, so when I saw that one of […]

  kyera

  November 13, 2019

  Book Review

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• Long Way Down – Jason Reynolds

  

  Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars As a reader of predominantly fantasy and science fiction, Long Way Down was quite outside my general realm of reading. It is a book written in verse, which is a style that I haven’t read since high school. That is also exactly the […]

  kyera

  April 22, 2019

  4 1/2 Star Reads, Book Review

  4 1/2 star, book, Book Review, jason reynolds, long way down, poetry, teen, ya, young adult