Shout!: Little Poems that Roar by Brod Bagert

Shout!: Little Poems that Roar by Brod Bagert

This vibrant collection of twenty-one poems celebrates the joys (snack time!) and pitfalls (2 + 2 = 23?) of childhood. Brod Bagert's often silly, always winsome poems cover everything from the seasons and the stars to finger paint and kids who quack. With humor and warmth, Shout! shows us there's fun in work and play, poetry in everything, and a million different uses for ketchup. Kids are sure to shout for a reread.

Bagert, Brod: - Poet Brod Bagert is the author of over eighteen books of poetry for children, young adults, and adults. A former lawyer and New Orleans City Councilman, Bagert penned his first poem as a favor to his daughter, who needed a poem to recite in a school program. Bagert realized that few poems written in children's voices were available, and so wrote one himself. Since then, he has helped change children's poetry in America, focusing on performance as well as the poem itself. According to Timothy Rasinski, a literacy instructor at Kent State University, Bagert's poems allow children to create art when they perform them. Since he is one of the few poets to truly write in the voice of a child, it's easy for students to use his material for expressiveness, Rasinski told the New Orleans Times Picayune in a feature on Bagert. The Picayune noted that part of Bagert's appeal to children was his ability to capture their swirling moods and emotions: Bagert's verses often feature the private emotions-raw, complex, humorous-of youthful characters he created.

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ISBN 13	9780803729728
ISBN 10	0803729723
Title	Shout!: Little Poems that Roar
Author	Brod Bagert
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2007-02-01
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.