Kristine O'Connell George is an award winning children's poet. We have several of her poetry books in our libraries' collections. I shared poems from The Great Frog Race & Other Poems during our frog themed preschool storytime in March. Here are the books we have in our collection:
- The Great Frog Race and Other Poems
- Little Dog Poems
- Little Dog & Duncan
- Fold Me a Poem
- Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems (This one is ordered and will soon be available for checkout!)
What a great collection! As it won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, I know I'm not the only person who thinks so. Some of my favorite poems in the collection offer the reader a new perspective on an object. "Evening Rain" uses sewing imagery. Raindrops as stitches is so plausible I found myself wondering why I hadn't considered it before. Describing a common insect's wings as window panes and cellophane in "Dragonfly" is genius. That's exactly what their wings look like. As I read the poems, I found myself remembering my own childhood. If I were to write poems about my childhood, I can only hope that they would have the same magic as George's. I freely admit my subject matter would be different. Think mud pies, rain dancing, and puddle jumping.
Here's a link to Kristine O"Connell George's website. Both parents and kids will find something of interest there.
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