[ISLMA-Share] Title Suggestions? Stories told through poems

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Nikki Grimes wrote *Garvey's Choice* entirely of 5 line tanka poems. She
also has many other books written as novels in verse.

*Laura Winter*

Teacher Librarian
Barrington Middle School - Prairie Campus
lwinter at barrington220.org



On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 10:50 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> How about Robert Browning? Their old but there are a lot of story-poems.
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> Taryn Hettlinger Parise
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> Longfellow School
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> On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:15 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> How about Australian "bush ballads"  Here is a link from the Australian
>> Poetry Library website: https://www.poetrylib
>> rary.edu.au/poems-poetic-form/bush-ballads
>>
>> Casey at the Bat
>> https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/casey-bat
>>
>> Another ballad that comes to mind is Gordon LIghtfoot's  *The Wreck of
>> the Edmund Fitzgerald   *
>> *https://www.google.com/search?q=the+wreck+of+the+edmund+fitzgerald&oq=the+wreck+of+the+ed&aqs=chrome.0.0l2j69i57j0l3.9611j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on
>> <https://www.google.com/search?q=the+wreck+of+the+edmund+fitzgerald&oq=the+wreck+of+the+ed&aqs=chrome.0.0l2j69i57j0l3.9611j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on>*
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>> On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 7:51 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>>> In preparation for National Poetry Month in April, I'm looking for
>>> titles of books that are stories told through poems.  I'm not looking for
>>> general novels in verse or a poetry anthology on a general topic (like
>>> death or love).  What I'm looking for are books like *A Wreath for
>>> Emmett Till* (story told through a heroic crown of sonnets), *Death
>>> Coming Up the Hill* (story told solely through haikus), or *October
>>> Mourning* (story told through a variety of types of poems).  But, so
>>> far, these are the only titles written like this that I've been able to
>>> find.  The books are for a high school literature class, but the concept of
>>> a story told via poetry is more important than the reading level.  Any and
>>> all ideas will be greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>>
>>> Carrie Grieme
>>> Literature Educator
>>> Library Sciences Student - ISU
>>> Illinois School for the Deaf HS
>>> Jacksonville, IL
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