Storytime A to Z kids Poetry with Julia Knowlton

Themes of tenderness, play, and nature are centered in poet and French professor Julia Knowlton's debut children's book, A to Z Poems for the Very Young. Each letter, with its own poem and touching illustration by Leah Owenby, invites the reader to delight in a small moment of wonder and joy. A valuable addition to classrooms and home libraries, this collection of poems is as captivating as it is educational.

-Eleanor Peloi Stephenson, author of Our Heart Can Soar

Each of these A-to-Z poems creates a little story that children can enjoy, identify with, and build on.

-Alice K. Boatwright, author of Mrs. Potts Finds Thanksgiving

When reading Julia Caroline Knowlton's first book of poetry for children, I made a mental note of what the characters were doing most often: seeing and having. And it struck me as the perfect approach to poetry. Poetry is, at its core, about things…