Megan Benedict

Feb 26, 2025 | slj.com | Jaha Nailah Avery |Melanie Crowder |Megan Benedict |Shauntay Grant

In 1977, the NCTE Excellence in Children’s Poetry Award Committee was established to honor outstanding poets who write for children. Since its inception, the committee has selected an outstanding poet every two years and begun selecting annual notable lists of poetry and novels in verse. This year, the committee is pleased to recognize twelve outstanding books of poetry and nine novels in verse as the 2025 Notable Books.

Apr 5, 2024 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Megan Benedict

Art from How to Write a Poem by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido. Illustration by Melissa Sweet. Courtesy of HarperCollins Children’s Books In 1977, the NCTE Excellence in Children’s Poetry Award Committee was created to recognize the work of outstanding poets who write for children. Since then, in addition to naming an outstanding poet every two years, the committee generates annual notable lists of poetry and novels in verse.

Apr 2, 2024 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Megan Benedict

From poems about planets and trees to poems about LGBTQIA+ heroes, young readers from elementary through high school will find something to enjoy here. Share these titles for National Poetry Month and all year long. CLEARY, Brian P. Eating My Words: And 128 Other Poems. illus. by Andy Rowland & Richard Watson. 120p. Millbrook. Mar. 2024. Tr $34.65. ISBN 9781728487649. Gr 1-4–This inventive collection boasts a dual identity: It’s simultaneously a book of poems and a primer on poetic craft.