ANNOUNCEMENT: I’ve completed my December Word of the Month poem and will post it tomorrow.
Hi everyone,
Yesterday got the week off to a good start. I learned that NOW YOU SEE THEM, NOW YOU DON’T has received an NCTE 2017 Notable Poetry Books Award for Excellence in Children’s Poetry. I’m delighted and honored. This is the third time in my last five offerings this has happened. My congratulations to all the honorees. Here’s the full list.
Are You An Echo?: The lost poetry of Misuzu Kaneko. David Jacobson. Illus. by Toshikado Hajiri. 2016. Chin Music Press
Before Morning. Joyce Sidman. Illus. by Beth Krommes. 2016. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Echo Echo: reverso poems about myths. Marilyn Singer. Illus. by Josee Masse. 2016. Dial Books for Young Readers
Emily Dickinson: poetry for kids. Emily Dickinson. Illus. by Christine Davenier. 2016. MoonDance
Every Day Birds. Amy Ludwig VanDerwater. Illus. by Dylan Metrano. 2016. Orchard Books/Scholastic
Freedom in Congo Square. Carole Boston Weatherford. Illus. by Gregory R. Christie. 2016. Little Bee Books/Simon & Schuster
Fresh Delicious: poems from the Farmers’ Market. Irene Latham. Illus. by Mique Moriuchi. 2016. Wordson/Highlights
Guess Who, Haiku. Deanna Caswell. Illus. by Bob Shea. 2016. Abrams Appleseed
Jazz Day: the making of a famous photograph. Roxane Orgill . Illus. by Francis Vallejo. 2016. Candlewick Press.
Night Guard. Synne Lea. Illus. by Stian Hole. 2016. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.
Now You See Them, Now You Don’t: poems about creatures that hide. David L. Harrison. Illus. by Giles Laroche. 2016. Charlesbridge
One Toda: the inaugural poem for President Barack Obama. Richard Blanco. Illus. by Dav Pilkey. 2015. Little, Brown and Company
One Minute Till Bedtime: 60-second poems to send you off to sleep. Kenn Nesbitt. Illus. by Christoph Niemann. 2016. Little, Brown and Company
A Poem of Peter: the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of The snowy day. Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illus. by Lou Fancher. 2016. Viking/Penguin
Somos Como Las Nubes/We are like the clouds. Jorge Argueta. Illus. by Alfonso Ruano. Translated by Elisa Amado. 2016. Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Wet Cement: a mix of concrete poems. Bob Raczka. 2016. Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan
When Green Becomes Tomatoes. Julie Fogliano. Illus. by Julie Morstad. 2016. Roaring Brook Press/ Macmillan
When the Sun Shines on Antarctica: and other poems about the frozen continent. Irene Latham. Illus. by Anna Wadham. 2016. Millbrook Press/Lerner
The White Cat and the Monk: a retelling of the poem “Pangur Ban.” Jo Ellen Bogart. Illus. by Sydney Smith. 2016. Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
You Just Wait: A poetry Friday power book. Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. 2016. Pomelo Books
Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog 
Massive congratulations–great list to be on.
Jane
Thank you, my friend. It was a nice way to start the week.
Great big congratulations to you and the other poets on this list!!!!
Good morning, Jane. Thank you very much. It’s going to be hard for Tuesday to top Monday!
I am smiling happy for you. Congratulations, David!
Hi Cory! Thank you for smiling for me. I’m doing some of that too!
Some pretty nice elbows to be rubbing on this list, David…congrats!
Hi Matt. Thank you. It’s a good list. Librarians and teachers looking for new titles for their poetry section don’t have to go far.
Excellent news, David! Congratulations! So many wonderful books on this list—you’re in great company.
And so are they. (:>
Thank you, Michelle!
No surprise there. Ordered it for my grandson for Christmas and had to read it first and review it on Amazon. Congrats on a fine book and well-deserved honor.
I know you did, Veda! I just discovered it this afternoon. Thank you so much for the kind review. It means a lot!