The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets
Scoring a goal against your own team. Copying a classmate's schoolwork. Accepting a dare to jump down the stairs . . . and getting hurt.
This engrossing poetry anthology explores making mistakes and learning from them. Twenty brave poets―Linda Sue Park, Margarita Engle, Allan Wolf, David Elliott, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Lacresha Berry, George Ella Lyon, Jaime Adoff, Vikram Madan, Kim Rogers, Douglas Florian, Tabatha Yeatts, Jorge Argueta, Jane Yolen, Charles Waters, JaNay Brown-Wood, Irene Latham, April Halprin Wayland, Darren Sardelli, and Naomi Shihab Nye―share real-life mistakes they made as young people . . . and what happened next. Edited by Irene Latham and Charles Waters, with brilliantly evocative illustrations by Merc? L?pez, this is a book for all who are growing and discovering and still figuring out who we are. (Which is to say . . . all of us!)
Author: Irene Latham, Charles Waters
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
Published: 10/01/2024
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.29h x 9.47w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9781728492100
Audience: Ages 9-12
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2024
Publishers Weekly 08/12/2024
School Library Journal 10/01/2024 pg. 93
Booklist 10/15/2024 pg. 38
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2025 pg. 96
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