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48 pp.
| Scholastic/Levine |
March, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-439-09257-4$$15.95
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Joe Cepeda.
After an introductory exhortation to readers that "You can be the poet and you can be the poem too," a multiracial group of city kids take turns versifying about everything from bullies and thunderstorms to family members and food. The high-energy verse, accompanied by pictures splashed with a palette of hot colors, could easily inspire kids--and whole classrooms--to create their own poetry slams.