WHERE TO FIND MY POETRY IN ANTHOLOGIES
 This marvelously useful anthology, compiled by Professor Sylvia Vardell (check out her fabulous blog, Poetry For Children) and author and poet Janet Wong, includes a poem a week for grades K-5 for the whole school year plus curriculum connections for every poem…and even has its very own blog.
My poems included in it are “Appy Birthday” (in the 2nd grade Science and Technology section), “I Had to Get a Shot at the Doctor’s” (4th grade Human Body section), and “How to Open the Attic Door” (5th grade Nonsense section). There are two versions of this anthology,with two slightly different covers. This is the cover for The Poetry Friday Anthology which incorporates Texas Curriculum Standards:
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My poem, “If I Were A Dog” is included in the third in the series of poetry anthology eBooks compiled by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong.  This one is called Gift Tag and is for young children. And did you know you don’t even need a Kindle or other kind of reader for these books?  You can download them to your computer! |
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My poem, “Listening” is included in the second in the series of poetry anthology eBooks compiled by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong.  This one is called P*Tag and is for teens. And did you know you don’t even need a Kindle or other kind of reader for these books?  You can download them to your computer! |
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My poem, “World Wide Wag” is included in the first of a series of poetry anthology eBooks, PoetryTagTime compiled by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong (I’m really proud of this poem…listen to Janet read it here.) And did you know you don’t even need a Kindle or other kind of reader for these books? You can download them to your computer! |
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“I am Standing—Girl on Land, Boy at Sea” (co-written with that boy of the sea, Bruce Balan), included in A FOOT IN THE MOUTH: Poems to Speak, Sing and Shout edited by Paul B. Janeczko. |
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“My Version of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet Number Twelve” included in A KICK IN THE HEAD: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms edited byPaul B. Janeczko. |
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“13 Ways Of Looking At Peace” included in LINES IN THE SAND—New Writing on War and Peace, edited by Mary Hoffman and Rhiannon Lassiter (Frances Lincoln, 2003)With over 150 poems (including April’s “13 Ways of Looking at Peace”), stories and pictures about war and peace, all royalties from the book go to UNICEF to directly fund aid for child victims of the war in Iraq. The London Sunday Times described it as “an uplifting and impassioned collection that goes beyond ephemeral politics to broaden children’s understanding of their own and other’s history and to encourage them to aspire to a better world.” |
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“Period.” included in PERIOD PIECES: Stories for Girls, edited by Erzsi DeĂ k & Kristin Embry Litchman (HarperCollins, 2003) |
| “Booktime” included in TAKE A WORD edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins (forthcoming) | |
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Four Limericks included in WRITING FUNNY BONE POEMS by Paul B. Janeczko. (Scholastic Professional Books, 2001) |
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“In the Beauty Parlor” included in MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE! edited by Betty Ann Schwartz (Henry Holt and Company, Inc, 2001) |
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“Crayon Dance” included in DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE edited by Paul B. Janeczko (HarperCollins, 2001) |
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“Cactus” and “Santa Fe, New Mexico”, included in MY AMERICA, edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins (Simon & Schuster, 2000) |
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“Bongo” and “Rabbit”, included in I AM WRITING A POEM ABOUT edited by Myra Cohn Livingston (McElderry Books, 1997) |
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“Taking Violin at School”, included in CALL DOWN THE MOON: POEMS OF MUSIC edited by Myra Cohn Livingston (McElderry Books, 1995) |
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“Busssssss” and “Truck Quake”, in ROLL ALONG: POEMS ON WHEELS, edited by Myra Cohn Livingston (McElderry Books, 1993) |
| “Bath”, included in POEMS FOR BROTHERS, POEMS FOR SISTERS, edited by Myra Cohn Livingston (Holiday House, 1991) | |
| “I’ve Never Seen A Real Owl”, in IF THE OWL CALLS AGAIN, edited by Myra Cohn Livingston (McElderry Books, 1990) | |
| “When Mom Plays Just For Me”, in POEMS FOR MOTHERS, edited by Myra Cohn Livingston (Holiday House, 1988) | |
| 25-page autobiography—including several poems— in volume 26 of the library reference series, SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR-Autobiography Series (Gale) |
