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

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*Amanda Kuzminski*
*Library Media Specialist*
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On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 8:13 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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> On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 10:50 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> How about Robert Browning? Their old but there are a lot of story-poems.
>>
>>
>> Taryn Hettlinger Parise
>> Library Learning Center Director
>> Longfellow School
>>
>> *Now on Facebook (Longfellow School Library) and Instagram
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>> Currently reading: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:15 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> 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>*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 7:51 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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