Movin'

By New York Public Library

Book Overview

For six years the New York Public Library has sponsored Poetry-in-the-Branches, an innovative workshop program that brings teen writers together with published adult poets to help the teens develop... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0531071715
• ISBN13: 9780531071717
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.3" x 5.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Inspiring

This book means a lot to me- I'm featured in it! Groups of teens from various libraries in NYC met once a week, learned a craft and got to express themselves freely. Movin' is our words and emotions for others to enjoy and be inspired by. I sincerely hope this moves other teens to pick up a pen and any scrap of paper and write!!!

A showcase of young writers

A wonderful anthology of poems by young writers. All of these poems are full of wonderful language and images. I especially enjoyed, "Shoes", "Day Deli Day" and "Ode to the Last 5 minutes of English" but it would be hard to choose a favorite poem. Created during poetry workshops at New York Public Library, it's hard to believe that most of these poems were written in the time span of 20 minutes. These young poets are full of promise and their poems should inspire other teens to express themselves through language.