PPBF: Amazing Faces

I've done a lot of promotion of April as Autism Awareness Month,

 but did you know that it's also National Poetry Month? 

So for today's PPBF, let's have a look at this compilation of poems.

Title: Amazing Faces
Poems Compiled by: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Pictures by: Chris Soentpiet
Publisher: Lee & Low Books, Inc.
Date: June 30, 2010
Suitable for ages: 7 and up
Genre: Poetry
Brief Synopsis:  This anthology is a collection of 16 poems to celebrate diversity while exposing emotions through the children's beautiful faces and the powerful poems.
Sample page:  This book is going to be difficult to explain well because my words aren't going to do it justice; just look at the page that features the poem I'm The One by Jude Mandele:

Resources:

Read a review from the blog There's A Book {here}

Visit the illustrator's page {here}

Go to the Publisher's page {here}

Talk with your students about how authors write to persuade:

My character cam spotted the book along with this anchor chart 

in Melanie Patton's second grade classroom.

You can also make a bulletin board with a Poetry theme:

My daughter and I created this one earlier this semester.

Why I like this  book: This eclectic collection of poems puts a face on feelings and diversity like none other that I've seen. The poignant poems complemented by the incredible illustrations will grab your heart and refuse to let go. Sharing it with a poetry buff would be the perfect way to put closure on Poetry Month.

Go ahead, open it up; you'll see.