I Chat with the One Currently Wearing
the Children’s Poet Laureate Sash
April 5th, 2012 by jules
At Kirkus today, I’ve got a Q & A with the reigning Children’s Poet Laureate, J. Patrick Lewis, who—as you can see here—enjoys a little bubble gum with his breakfast.
“Though the evidence seems convincing—the numbers don’t lie—that children’s poetry has seen more robust days,” Pat told me, “it is difficult to credit that when one is met at every venue with such overwhelming affection and rapt attention. Young children can’t spell ‘laureate,’ much less know what it means, but somehow they imagine they are shaking hands with some sort of Pied Piper, as every children’s poet who makes school visits can confirm.”
You can read the rest here.
Photo re-posted from my November 2010 interview with Pat.
I’d missed Take Two–I have to get a copy of that for the library.