J. Patrick Lewis's Blog

Welcome to this site dedicated to celebrating the works of J. Patrick Lewis, Children's Poet Laureate and recipient of the National Council of Teachers Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. 
Here you will find readers guides and digital trailers created by teachers and librarians enrolled in graduate courses in children's literature at Texas Woman's University. You'll find tools for nearly ALL of Pat's books of poetry for children, including these titles (listed in alphabetical order): 
A Burst of Firsts A Hippopotamusn't and Other Animal Verses A World of Wonders:  Geographic Travels in Verse and RhymeArithme-Tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes Big is Big (and Little, Little) Birds on a Wire Blackbeard, the Pirate KingBoshblobberbosh; Runcible Poems for Edward Lear  Castles: Old Stone PoemsCountdown to Summer: A Poem for Every Day of the School Year Doodle Dandies: Poems That Take Shape Earth Verses and Water Rhymes Good Mornin’, Ms America: The USA in Verse Good Mousekeeping: And Other Animal Home Poems Heroes and She-Roes: Poems of Amazing and Everyday HeroesIsabella Abnormella and the Very, Very Finicky Queen of Trouble July is a Mad Mosquito Long Was the Winter Road They Traveled Monumental VersesPlease Bury Me In The Library Riddle-icious Riddle-LightfulRidicholas Nicholas: More Animal Poems Scientrickery: Riddles in Science Self Portrait with Seven Fingers: A Life of Marc Chagall in VerseSkywriting: Poems in Flight Spot the Plot! A Riddle Book of Book Riddles Swan Song: Poems of Extinction The Boat of Many Rooms: The Story of Noah in VerseThe Bookworm's Feast: A Potluck of Poems The Brothers' War: Civil War Voices in Verse The Fat-Cats At SeaThe House of BooThe La-di-da Hare  The Little Buggers: Insect and Spider Poems The Snowflake Sisters  The Underwear Salesman: And Other Jobs for Better or Verse Tulip at the Bat Under the Kissletoe; Christmastime Poems Vherses: A Celebration of Outstanding Women + Poems for Teaching in the Content AreasBelow, you'll find a dozen digital trailers, followed by another 30 readers guides full of fun and meaningful learning activities and connections. Enjoy! We hope you find all these useful and will be inspired to share Pat's poetry in your own creative ways.

P.S. In addition, J. Patrick (Pat) Lewis has published 10 other works of poetry for young people (to date) also worthy of consideration (but we don't have guides/trailers for everything-- yet!). Here's that list:
Freedom Like Sunlight: Praisesongs for Black AmericansGalileo’s UniverseMichelangelo’s WorldBlack Cat BoneThe HouseWing Nuts: Screwy Haiku (with Paul B. Janeczko)The Fantastic 5&10 Cent StoreThe World’s Greatest: PoemsBlack Swan/White CrowOnce Upon a Tomb: Gravely Humorous Poems

 
Trailer created by Jessica Pollock

  Digital trailer by Amany Isa. 

Created by Chrissy Adkins (with help from her 5th grade class!)

Trailer created by Cheryl Read

Trailer created by Christina Ehlig

Blackbeard: The Pirate Kingby J. Patrick Lewis
Book Trailer by Michelle HollowayTWU SLIS

 Digital trailer created by David Jurecka for Good Mousekeeping: And Other Animal Home Poems.

A Burst of Firsts: Doers, Shakers, and Record Breakersby J. Patrick Lewis Book trailer by Rebekah Espinosa- TWU SLIS


A Burst of Firsts on Youtube- better view :)

 
Digital Trailer by Pamela Barrett