Bibliographic Data
Janeczko, Paul B.,
and Melissa Sweet. 2014. Firefly July: A
Year of Very Short Poems. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press.
ISBN: 9780763648428
Summary
A collection of very
short poems by famous poets sorted into the four seasons.
Featured Poem
Firefly July
By J. Patrick Lewis
When I was ten, one
summer night,
The baby stars that
leapt
Among the trees like
dimes of light,
I cupped, and capped,
and kept.
Poem Connections
Introduce the change
of a new seasons by reading aloud an appropriate selection from this
collection. Invite students to create a word cloud with you about the season.
Then using ideas from the word cloud have them create their own poetry, or for
younger students, pictures.
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