Make Things Fly: Poems About The Wind

by Dorothy M. Kennedy, Sasha Meret (Illustrator)

A collection of twenty-seven poems for children about the magic of the wind features verses by African-American and Asian-American writers, along with such old favorites as A. A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson and sensitive color illustrations.

Genres: Poetry

40 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1998

Reviews

[Claire]

"The wind is a taste of the sky, my young friend,
that I give to a child of the land."
~Bobbi Katz

"When the wind blows
the quiet things speak."
~Lilian Moore

[Lacey Bolen]

This is a very brief book of poems all about wind, so the content matter is very specific making it someone limiting in uses. However, I remember always talking about how windy Kansas is, so it could be fun to use as a way to incorporate poetry into a Kansas day Unit if you are teaching in Kansas. Also, there is a poem titled "Tornado," so these could be used for units in science about weather. The book provides images, but the poems themselves have a lot of imagery and figurative language. So, if you have 27 or less students they could each have their own poem and have to use imagery in the poem to draw a supplemental picture. I would say this is appropriate for 3rd-5th grade depending on the activity.

[Marianna]

A nice collection of poems about wind.