A poem in celebration of Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate spoke at Columbia Teachers College this past weekend. She was introduced with the following poem, read aloud by the author, Shana Frazin.

 

"September"

 

We gather on the carpet

Because of Winn-Dixie

 

We begin to form a community

Because of Winn-Dixie

 

We learn to talk about

important things

like

our families

our friends

our hurts

Because of Winn-Dixie

 

Upon learning a substitute is coming

my students,

my mostly wonderful students,

say,

"But she won't read

Because of Winn-Dixie

like you do."

 

And so it is

that I come to know

that I matter to them

 

Because of Winn-Dixie

 

 

- Shana Frazin

 

(This post by Candlewick Press team)