This listing refers to the Children’s OCTOBER
E-book Edition of this book.
Separate paperback versions with all twelve months combined are available in a Children’s Edition and Teacher/Librarian Edition.
Celebrate all year long with The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations in e-books divided into 12 months—a total of 156 poems in English and SPANISH ideal for preK - grade 6.
This latest book in The Poetry Friday Anthology series offers 12 holiday poems plus a “Birthdays and Baby Days” poem for each per month. Choose your favorite celebrations for each month! This OCTOBER e-book contains poems about the following: International Dinosaur Month, National Roller Skating Month, International Music Day, National Fire Prevention Week, World Egg Day, National Dessert Day, Global Hand Washing Day, World Bread Day, Dictionary Day, National Pasta Day, Diwali, and Halloween, plus a “Birthdays and Baby Days” poem.
About the Poets
The complete editions of THE POETRY FRIDAY ANTHOLOGY FOR CELEBRATIONS feature poems by 115 poets. These are the poets with poems featured in the October e-book:
Avis Harley
Susan Blackaby
Carrie Finison
Charles Ghigna
Joan Bransfield Graham
Avis Harley
Jacqueline Jules
Uma Krishnaswami
B.J. Lee
Suzy Levinson
Jack Prelutsky
Debbie Reese
René Saldaña, Jr.
Susan Marie Swanson
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Find more celebrations and free poems at PoetryCelebrations.com!
About the Authors
Sylvia Vardell is Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University and has taught graduate courses in children's and young adult literature at various universities since 1981. Vardell has published extensively, including five books on literature for children.
Janet Wong is a graduate of Yale Law School and former lawyer who switched careers and became a children’s poet. Her dramatic career change has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN’s Paula Zahn Show, and Radical Sabbatical. She is the author of 30 books for children and teens.
Together they are the creative force behind Pomelo Books (PomeloBooks.com).
