Twenty-six poets, from Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple to Charles Waters and Marilyn Singer, cheer, wail, and salute the classroom in this silly tribute to school.
 
Calculators and erasers, school buses and pop quizzes, recess and a school vacation countdown—nothing about the school day (or school year) is out of bounds in this poetry collection from today’s best children’s poets.
The Poets
Micha Archer
Cate Berry
Cynthia Cotton
Audrey Day-Williams
Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Matt Forrest Esenwine
David Griswold
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs
Jarret Keene
Alethea Kontis
Jane Kurtz
Irene Latham
Lynn Marie
Linda Elovitz Marshall
Eileen Meyer
Diane Ochiltree
Casey Robinson
Michelle Schaub
Marilyn Singer
Ruth Spiro
Heidi E.Y. Stemple
C. M Surrisi
Ryan G. Van Cleave
Charles Waters
Kay Winters
Jane Yolen
 
Contributor Bio(s)
 
Ryan G. Van Cleave wrote his first poem at age five, and he’s been writing, reading, and loving poetry ever since. He earned a PhD in American literature with an emphasis in poetry and has taught at numerous colleges and universities. As The Picture Book Whisperer, he helps celebrities and high-profile clients write picture books and kidlit projects. He lives in Florida.
Laura Vitória Jäger is an illustrator from Brazil who loves working on children’s books. She is inspired by the power of a child’s imagination, which can make everything magical. She enjoys creating her colorful artwork with watercolors, colored pencils, or using digital media. She has a degree in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil).