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Janiel Wagstaff has
done it again!
In
Stella, Poet Extraordinaire, she has managed to use all her experience as a
teacher and writer to create two engaging characters that help young writers,
as well as teachers, discover the joys of poetry. Stella and her teacher, Ms.
Merkley, take readers on a journey through the process of writing poetry, from
finding inspiration by taking a poetry walk to a final Poetry Jam where all the
young poets share their work.
Stella
is genuine, making her a perfect mentor for young writers. Initially, she
encounters many of the same struggles with writing that teachers often see with
students – lack of confidence, confusion, and uncertainty. But with Ms.
Merkley’s guidance, Stella is able to work through those difficulties and
emerge as a poet extraordinaire. As she says, “I look more closely at things; I
linger so I can pick just the right words for what I’m observing, thinking, or
feeling; and I discover thoughts I didn’t know I had when I write poems.”
Janiel
has a special way of creating books that are must-haves in the writing
workshop. Both teachers and students will embrace Stella and Ms. Merkley as
their personal writing mentors, and will soon find themselves hooked on poetry,
too. (K-2)
32 pp.
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