Another Jar of Tiny Stars: Poems by More NCTE Award-Winning Poets

by Bernice E. Cullinan (Editor), Deborah Wooten (Editor)

A Jar of Tiny Stars is one of the most popular poetry books from WordSong. This new edition is now expanded and includes the work of the latest five winners of the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Poetry for Children. By turns silly and wise, playful and thought-provoking, the poems in this collection were chosen by young readers as their favorites among those written by NCTE Award winners. New to this collection are works from Eloise Greenfield, Nikki Grimes, Mary Ann Hoberman, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and X. J. Kennedy. Rounding out the collection are poems by Arnold Adoff, John Ciardi, Barbara Esbensen, Aileen Fisher, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, David McCord, Eve Merriam, Lilian Moore, and Valerie Worth.

Genres: Poetry

152 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Bee is a professor emeritus of reading and children's literature at New York University, and since 1990 she has served as editor in chief of the Wordsong poetry imprint at Boyds Mills Press. She has served as president of the International Reading Association and on numerous award committees, including those for the Caldecott Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award.

In addition, Bee has received many awards and honors of her own. In 1989 she was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame and received the Arbuthnot Award for Outstanding Teacher of Children's Literature. She is the 2003 recipient of the NCTE Outstanding Educator in Language Arts award. Bee is the author of the classic text Literature and the Child, as well as many other books, including Read to Me: Raising Kids Who Love to Read.

Reviews

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book would be aa great fight for older school age children. It is a good introduction to poetry. I do wish this book had more colorful pictures.

[Jacquelin Devlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fifteen poets have received the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. The editors of "Another Jar..." have taken the best loved poems of these poets and presented them to children to chose their favorites. My,do kids have good taste! Barbara Juster Esbensen's "Pencils" is one of my favorites: "the rooms in a pencil are narrow but elephants/castles and/watermelons/fit in".

Poems by David McCord, Aileen Fisher, Myra Cohn Livingston and Eve Merriam are just a few of those chosen. Sketches of the authors and a few words about their relationship to poetry are included. A fine collection.

[Viviana · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is anew edition of A Jar of Tiny Stars from WordSong.It's silly and interesting. Includes new poems, from poets such as Eloise Greenfield, Nikki Grimes, Mary Ann Hoberman, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and X. J. Kennedy, among others; who have received the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.
It contains the best loved poems of these poets. The poems are simple, very catchy and good for children because of its easy vocabulary.

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Link+ poetry book.

[Lisa Whiteford]

The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet by author Carmen Agra Deedy is a fiction book intended for ages six to eleven. This book has received no literary awards to date. I read this book on my kindle app. This is a cute little attention getting story of a noisy little rooster that won’t quite up.
I enjoyed this story to its simple little story that gets the young readers attention with this defiant little rooster. The illustrations are adorable and pleasant to the eye. This book exposes children to another language used in the text. I rate this book four stars.