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April 1, 2011 by Travis Jonker

2011 Book Spine Poem Gallery

April 1, 2011 by Travis Jonker   21 comments

Today, dear reader, is the first day of National Poetry Month. ‘Round these parts, we celebrate the event with book spine poems. Many slaps on the back to those who submitted their poetic masterpieces.

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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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Comments

  1. Amy Ludwig VanDerwater says

    April 1, 2011 at 1:13 am

    Oh my gosh! These are hilarious and incredibly inventive. I now want to stay up all night and rearrange books. Will you be posting more of these this month? Many thanks for the giggles… A.

  2. david e says

    April 1, 2011 at 9:28 am

    love these. wish i had the time to pull one together, but with these sort of things my inner perfectionist would worry about finding *just* the right titles, and i’d be “revising” all month! great fun, though.

  3. Janelle says

    April 1, 2011 at 9:53 am

    When I first learned of your spine poem posts last year I remember glancing at our bookshelves and trying to combine a few of my own. It is much harder to do than I imagined. Kudos to all those who contributed!

  4. Andromeda Jazmon says

    April 1, 2011 at 11:07 am

    LOVE THESE! Book people are so funny.

  5. Sarah says

    April 1, 2011 at 11:15 am

    I love the amazing variety of every poem. Happy National Poetry Month!

  6. p says

    April 1, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    those poems are wonderful and nobody had to write a word!

  7. Jet says

    April 1, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    Love them — especially sharks 1.2.3!

  8. Mary Lee says

    April 2, 2011 at 9:49 am

    Wow! So many great ones! And obviously, mine didn’t get sent (didn’t get done yet, truth be told)! Ah, well, there’s 20+ more days left in the month to give it a go!

  9. Natasha Hutchins says

    April 6, 2011 at 12:48 am

    Thank you for sharing this neat idea. I found it via twitter yesterday and gave it a go this morning. It actually caused me to visit the Library!

    I blogged on http://www.prodivame.com about what I learned from the experience and the possibilities for others plus added links your website for others to explore.

    Cheers from Singapore

  10. Jess Stork says

    April 7, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    Thanks for the idea! I’m going to try this out with the kids at the library and see what they come up with….

  11. bookberry says

    April 9, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    Hilarious!! Can’t wait to create some Book Spine Poetry…

  12. Zoe says

    January 13, 2012 at 1:38 am

    Oh, I’d love to do this with the kids I volunteer with at school – a great excuse to really go through the library shelves.

  13. Moira says

    March 14, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    I’ll never again look at a pile of books in the same way. This is so much fun!

  14. Carol VB says

    April 14, 2012 at 1:21 am

    This is so great–and perfect for poetry month (especially since i am not fond of poetry myself and have to force myself to teach it). This is a great idea on something with do with the kiddos for an activity.

  15. Barrett says

    March 20, 2013 at 11:16 am

    “2011 Book Spine Poem Gallery — @100scopenotes 100
    Scope Notes” Roller Shade was indeed a quite pleasant posting,
    . I hope you keep creating and I’m going to keep reading! Regards -Patricia

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