Madigan Reads

May B. by Caroline Starr Rose Schwartz and Wade January 2012 First line: "I won't go." Twelve year old Mavis Elizabet...

Imagine my surprise when I opened my e-mail and found this lovely artwork by Will Hillenbrand . I loved his Mother Goose Picture Riddles . H...

Mother Goose Picture Puzzles by Will Hillenbrand Marshall Cavendish Children's March 2011 In a series of rebus picture rhymes, Hil...

Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle Holt, Henry & Co. March 2011 It's no secret that I am a fan of narrative poetry. As a conn...

Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word by Bob Raczka, illustrated by Nancy Doniger Roaring Brook Press March 2011 What a ...

This week I helped a kid on one of our library PC's, by showing her how to automatically spell check on a paper she was working on for ...

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai HarperCollins February 2011 I love narrative poetry, and this book was no exception. At the heigh...

Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku by Lee Wardlaw, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin Henry Holt & Co. February 2011 This sassy collection...

Poetrees by Douglas Florian Beach Lane Books March 2010 This charming collection of 19 poems celebrates trees in all their variety. With ...

I'm rather fond of poetry magnets, and have collected several sets over the years. Here's a grouping from my Jack Prelutsky Awful Og...

Burned by Ellen Hopkins Margaret K. McElderry April 2006 I think of myself as someone who blogs about poetry every now and then, so I w...

Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange Houghton Mifflin 2010 What a glorious, gl...

42 Miles  by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, illus. Elaine Clayton Clarion Books 2008 April is National Poetry Month, so I thought I’d review one o...