Ivy in Bloom: The Poetry of Spring from Great Poets and Writers from the Past

by Vanita Oelschlager (Author) Kristin Blackwood (Illustrator)

Ivy in Bloom: The Poetry of Spring from Great Poets and Writers from the Past
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Ivy In Bloom captures the weariness of a young girl tired of a

long winter. ""I stare out the window,"" she says on the first spread of brown and gray, ""looking for birds or flowers / or even warm showers / but I don't see any such thing."" But then Spring comes when ""March is out of breath snow melting to flowery waters and watery flowers spring rose from its wintry rest."" And Ivy's ""heart dances with daffodils."" As these words also dance across each spread, Ivy's world erupts into a riot of color. Ivy In Bloom introduces the poetry of Dickinson, Longfellow, Browning, Wordsworth, Frost and others. Excerpts from their writings, as seen through Ivy's eyes, will open up poetry as a way for children to express their own feelings about the changing of seasons. This book includes longer excerpts and brief bios of each author.

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$17.95

Vanita Oelschlager

Vanita Oelschlager is a wife, mother, grandmother, philanthropist, former teacher, current caregiver, author and poet. A graduate of Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio, she now serves as a Trustee of her alma mater and as Writer in Residence for the Literacy Program at The University of Akron. Vanita and her husband Jim were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in 2006. She was the Congressional Angels in Adoption award recipient for the State of Ohio in 2007 and was named National Volunteer of the Year by the MS Society in 2008. Vanita was also honored in 2009 as the Woman Philanthropist of the Year by the Summit County Chapter of the United Way.

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780980016277
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Vanita Books
Publication date
April 20, 2009
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF042000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
JNF045000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers | Beginner
JNF013090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Seasons
Library of Congress categories
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Moonbeam Children's Book Award
Bronze Medal Winner 2010 - 2010

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