We LOVE our wise and wonderfuzzy friends at TeachingAuthors! Read, comment, ENJOY!!! teachingauthors.com/2024/10/celebr…

Natural Disaster Resources for Schools: Partnering with Multilingual Families | colorincolorado.org/natural-disast…

It's #KinshipCareWeek, raising awareness of kinship care and celebrating the key role of kinship carers. MY HEART IS A POEM (with a poem by me in it) is being recommended by @BookTrust as part of Kinship's training & support! 🧡🧡🧡 booktrust.org.uk/kinship-care

It takes a team to support students' mental health. To the counselors, psychologists, social workers, and so many others in our schools advocating for students and their mental well-being - thank you for all you do! #ThankYouThursday #WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD2024

Here's a poem that you can use to start a discussion!

Don't ghost your inner critic. Befriend it. Your inner critic might have some valuable insights for you: writenowcoach.com/befriend-your-…

Feel free to share! #poetryforall

Agreed! This ⬇️ is why we peppered CLARA'S KOOKY COMPENDIUM OF THIMBLETHOUGHTS AND WONDERFUZZ with random odd facts + questions on every page . . . #thimblethoughts #wonderfuzz #curiouslifelonglearners

We're honored to have a poem by you in this book Van G. Garrett 🙏🙏

Happy National #VoteEarly Day! ALA encourages every eligible community member to exercise their right to vote! Need info on your polling place? Use our collaborative tool with League of Women Voters of the US: vote411.org/ALA See how libraries are getting #ReaderVoterReady: ala.org/advocacy/reade…

Check out Joanne Emery's brilliant blog post on students' need for humor: wordancerblog.com/2024/10/27/tha…

What a great #Halloween"poem movie" by Sylvia Vardell featuring Kevan Atteberry's poem in Clara's Kooky Compendium from janetwong #poetry Pomelo Books vimeo.com/1020802972

There are awards, and there are AWARDS! Congratulations to Sylvia Vardell and janetwong!! Read about it: jamarattigan.com/2024/11/15/rev… ☺️☺️

Jama Rattigan is an expert JOYmaker. Imagine the fun your students could have making up zany award categories for their favorite books and authors . . . Better than the traditional book report assignment? You BET!! Use this snippet from Jama's blog as a mentor text!!!📝📝

This anthology will tickle your imagination and transport you to wordy wonderlands! Read more: pomelobooks.com/new-books-1 Pomelo Books janetwong Sylvia Vardell #poetry #anthology #kitlit

THRILLED that CLARA'S KOOKY COMPENDIUM OF THIMBLETHOUGHTS + WONDERFUZZ is a finalist for the Poetry Cybils Awards!!!

Just returned from my "travances" ("travail" + "vacances") in France + Switzerland where I worked w/ brilliant + eager students in Strasbourg. Will be visiting Europe again to do programs in Sept, so please reach out if your school would like to be added!! 🤗🤗

It's MY birthday?! YES, it is — if you're a kid who loves to daydream, doodle, wonder, and write!! Read all about MY KOOKY COMPENDIUM, a guided creativity journal by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, here: poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/2025/03/lets-g…

In our latest TeachingAuthors post April Halprin Wayland Wayland shares 3 Discoveries for @Poetry Month, including the new book MY Kooky Compendium from Pomelo Books janetwong Sylvia Vardell teachingauthors.com/2025/04/3-disc…

No dinner plans for tonight? Grab a plate of food and join Sylvia Vardell + Janet Wong as they host Allan Wolf, Padma Venkatraman, Renée M. LaTulippe, and Chris Baron in a FREE National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) online webinar! Register here: ncte.org/using-poetry/