Poetree
March 21st, 2019 by jules
Over at Tennessee’s own Chapter 16 today, I’ve got a Q&A with author Shauna LaVoy Reynolds about her debut picture book, Poetree (Dial, March 2019), illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani.
That Q&A is here, and here today at 7-Imp are some spreads from the book.
Enjoy!
and Sylvia celebrated winter’s end by writing a poem about spring.”
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From a distance she saw her poem fluttering in the breeze. …”
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She dreamed of cheerful songbirds greeting her in perfect rhythm.”
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Walt didn’t want her to cry, either.
‘I’m sorry I was mean at school,’ he said.
Sylvia smiled.”
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POETREE. Text copyright © 2019 by Shauna LaVoy Reynolds. Illustrations copyright © 2019 by Shahrzad Maydani. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House LLC, New York.
