Read the text of the poem and study the illustration.As an extension, watch the DVD version of this book created by Dreamspace where the poems are animated and music accompanies the reading.Ĭhoose one poem from this book and consider the following prompts: Illustrator Ekua Holmes created incredible, intricate mixed-media illustrations that bring these poems to life. Use the book itself as the primary source and each illustration as an opportunity for slow looking and close analysis. In the Preface, author Kwame Alexander writes the title of the book “Out of Wonder” was inspired by something another author and poet wrote Lucille Cliffton said, “poems come out of wonder, not of knowing.” Invite students to start from that place of wonder when they read and experience this book. Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration and invite the reader to listen, wonder, and perhaps even pick up a pen. Out of gratitude for the poet’s art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors’ hearts sing and their minds wonder. Illustrated by Ekua Holmes, Written by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth Kwame Alexander is a poet, an educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine books, including Rebound, the follow-up to his Newbery Medalwinning novel, The Crossover.
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