You’ve heard about Poetry Friday, yes?
No?! Then you should read Susan Thompsen’s Poetry Friday article. The basic idea is this: every Friday, the fine folks who blog about literature for children turn their attention to poetry. Topics range from favorite poems to original poems to reading poetry to writing poetry to interviews with poets to rhyming picture books; when it comes to Fridays, anything poetry goes. Each week’s Poetry Friday posts are linked in a Poetry Friday Roundup, and although I’m not entirely sure how the Roundup schedule works, I do know you can find a convenient Roundup of the Poetry Friday Roundups at the blog of writer Susan Taylor Brown.
Now, longtime readers will notice I don’t blog about poetry much. While I love the idea of Poetry Friday (I really do!), poetry is just not an area to which I feel I can contribute. Nonfiction, however, is a zebra of an entirely different stripe …
Nonfiction I read.
Nonfiction I write.
Nonfiction I blog about.
Imagine my excitement, then, when I heard about Nonfiction Monday. The brainchild of author Anastasia Suen, Nonfiction Monday will follow the Poetry Friday model. Forevermore Mondays are about nonfiction … and you are invited to participate. Review your favorite nonfiction title, interview a nonfiction author, share insight into your nonfiction writing, or simply visit the weekly <a href=http://6traits.wordpress.com/ target=_blankNonfiction Monday Roundup to find links to bazillions of posts about nonfiction books for kids.
How cool is that?
So have a happy Poetry Friday … and I will see you on Nonfiction Monday.