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Mix It Up Poetry - Poetry Tools to Put in Your Pocket!

Here are a selection of apps and websites, vetted by librarians and educators, for use in school libraries, classrooms, and public libraries. Getting Started Blackout Poems - grade 3 and up http:// bit.ly/2plkPen Save some pages from damaged or discarded books for blackout poetry. Part art project, part puzzle, and part writing assignment, a blackout poem utilizes the works already printed on a page to create a yet-to-be-written work of the poet's imagination. Cover up works with a black market so that only  the chosen words on a page remain readable. Button Poetry's Classroom Friendly Poems - Grade 5 and up https://buttonpoetry.com/category/blog/ The classroom friendly  poems sectio offers videos of poets reading their work aloud- without any adult language or age-inappropriate content. A great source for vetted poems performed by a diverse range of poets. Poetry Out Loud - Grade 6 and up https://www.poetryoutloud.org/ A joint effort between the National End

If You Like the Movie...

These 5 films hit the big screen this summer. Kids who like them will also enjoy these books. Pokemon Detective Pikachu (May) The Buried Bones Mystery by Sharon Draper Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time by James Gurney The Field Guide: The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi A Dog's Journey (May) Dash by Kirby Larson Maxi's Secrets by Lynn Plourde Ribsy by Beverly Cleary The Sun is Also a Star (May) History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by David Levithan & Rachel Cohen  Pride by Ibi Zoboi  Artemis Fowl (August) Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson Reckless by Cornelia Funke Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (August) The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Pat McKissack Half-Minute Horrors edited by Susan Rich The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste   Enjoy!!