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You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems

Author Sean Taylor

Illustrated by Sam Usher

Hardcover

$18.99 US

Candlewick

10.06"W x 10.94"H x 0.49"D | 23 oz | 20 per carton

On sale Mar 04, 2025 | 72 Pages | 9781536239331

Age 3-7 years

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In five warm and cozy tales, children can delight in the world of Piglet, his family, and his friends—while learning five fun and easy ways to write a poem.

When Piglet picks up a stone and drops it into a puddle, words seem to splash out: wet, fresh, earthy, sploshing, sunshiny, puddle. Is Piglet a poet? Each of five charming stories captures a warm snapshot into some happy moment in childhood while demonstrating how to create a different kind of poem: a puddle poem, a comparing poem, a making-a-person-out-of-something poem, an if-I-was poem, and an I-would-give-you poem. With plenty of tips and tricks after each story and fresh illustrations by Sam Usher, author Sean Taylor makes poetry writing accessible, inspiring even the youngest of children to find their voice and call themselves poets.

Sean Taylor has written more than sixty books for young readers, including I Want to Be in a Scary Story, How to Be Cooler than Cool, and Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise, all illustrated by Jean Jullien; A Brave Bear, illustrated by Emily Hughes; and The Dream Train, illustrated by Anuska Allepuz. Find him online at www.seantaylorstories.com and on Instagram and X @seantstories.

Sam Usher is the creator of a series of picture books about the natural world: Free, Wild, Lost, Found, Sun, and Snow among them. He is also the author and illustrator of Can You See Sassoon?, which was short-listed for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. When he’s not holding a pen and wobbling at paper, he may be found perfecting a difficult piece of Chopin at the piano. Sam Usher lives in England.

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