Knock Poetry off the Pedestal: It's Time to Make Poems a Part of Children's Everyday Lives

Autor/in	Singer, Marilyn
Titel	Knock Poetry off the Pedestal: It's Time to Make Poems a Part of Children's Everyday Lives
Quelle	In: School Library Journal, 56 (2010) 4, S.28-31 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0362-8930
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Poetry; Librarians; Library Role; Authors; Relevance (Education); Aesthetics; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Lyrik; Poesie; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Author; Autor; Autorin; Relevance; Relevanz; Ästhetik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The author knows firsthand that most kids seem to like poetry, however, something amiss happens along the road to adulthood, and many of those same students end up actively disliking poetry or not relating to it. Who can blame them? Poetry is often presented as a rarefied thing that exists only to be analyzed by professorial types or as greeting-card sentiments to be enjoyed by love-struck girls (and the guys who hit on them). Wondering what librarians could do to buck this trend, this author sought advice from some poets who write for young readers. One of the first to respond was poet-photographer Charles R. Smith, Jr., whose latest book, "My People" (S & S/Atheneum), nabbed the 2010 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, thanks to his stunning photos. He immediately came up with a grand mantra: "Poetry needs to be taken off the pedestal." Smith asserts that by exposing students to poetry on a daily basis and by connecting it to their everyday lives, they begin to see the beauty and value in words. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10