999 Copies of NINE: A BOOK OF NONET POEMS on the Wall

Hello and happy April 9! A few months ago Amy Huntington, illustrator of NINE: A Book of Nonet Poems (and other books), suggested we celebrate NINE on the 9th of each month leading up to the book's release June 9, 2020. And so we have! And it's bee great!

Well. This week we were informed that due to issues related to COVID19, the book's on sale date was moved up... and it's already available for sale ! In April! For National Poetry Month! Two months early!


Hard to complain about a book coming early, right?? So anyway, no reviews have been posted yet... and I haven't been able to execute any of the plans I envisioned for NINE's release... 
Maybe later? Maybe never? I don't know! 
Right now I'm just going to share another spread from the book so you can get to know it a bit better. Meet my new animal friend:

Nine-Banded Armadillo
This creature wears nine belts but no pants.No socks ride its leathery legsyet it sports an armored coat.It dances by moonlightand feasts on termites, claws click-clicking,snout snufflingin wormdirt.
- Irene Latham
And here is a picture of an armadillo I met last year (7-banded, not 9-banded). Check out those claws!!
Let's call her "Josephine," shall we?
(It has 9 letters. :)