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11-Year-Old Writes First Book of Funny Poems

kenn — 2009-06-09T18:55:22-08:00

I've said it for years... you don't have to be 40 years old to write a book. In fact, you don't even have to be an adult. One example I've been giving recently is 9-year-old Alec Greven's book How To Talk To Girls. But, as the name implies, his book is a "How To," a collection of advice, ...
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A Chip Off the Old Block

kenn — 2009-06-09T12:32:39-08:00

My son, Max, decided to write a poem for his school talent show. Here's what he came up with. I guess he must have learned what he knows about poetry from me. Though his poem is a bit grosser than mine, I hope you enjoy it. ...
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Another Rave Review for My Hippo

kenn — 2009-05-20T17:32:25-08:00

For Immediate Release Reviews - Kids (firrkids), a blog that reviews children's books, DVDs, toys, games, health products, and clothing, recently published a rave review of My Hippo Has the Hiccups. Here's a bit of what they had to say: That fact that this book comes packaged with a CD means it com...
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And the Winners Are...

kenn — 2009-05-16T00:18:13-08:00

TIME for Kids announces the winners of its poetry contest. Congratulations to the Grand Prize Winner who will receive an online author visit from me, and to the five Finalists, who will each receive an autographed copy of My Hippo Has the Hiccups. Here's what TIME for Kids had to say: "We aske...
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Sherman's Lagoon - Poetry Slam

kenn — 2009-05-05T11:50:34-08:00

I got a kick out of today's "Sherman's Lagoon" comic strip. I hope you enjoy it too. ...
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TIME for Kids Poety Contest has ended

kenn — 2009-05-01T17:42:09-08:00

Just a quick note to let everyone know that the TIME for Kids Poetry Writing Contest has ended. It's hard to say exactly how many poems were submitted, because many teachers submitted poems from each of their students. At this point I'm guessing that there may be as many as a thousand submissions. ...
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My Chicken's On the Internet at Gottabook

kenn — 2009-04-27T19:59:38-08:00

I mentioned earlier in the month that, on his blog Gottabook, Greg Pincus is posting a new, original, previously unpublished poem from each of 30 different children's poets this month -- one per day -- for National Poetry Month. Today he posted my newest poem. I hope you have as much fun reading it ...
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Review of the Day: My Hippo Has the Hiccups

kenn — 2009-04-24T08:09:52-08:00

School Library Journal blogger Elizabeth Bird today gave My Hippo Has the Hiccups the most positive review I could have hoped for. She obviously read the book cover to cover and gave it careful, consideration. Here is some of what she had to say: "Have you ever considered the plight of the tru...
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My Hippo Reviewed in May School Library Journal

kenn — 2009-04-22T18:04:25-08:00

I found out from my publisher this morning that My Hippo Has the Hiccups is being reviewed in the May issue of School Library Journal. This is what they had to say: Gr 2-5-This is a zany and at times challenging volume of more than 100 poems, 39 of which are read by the author on an accompanying C...
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Whoops! Problem with this month's contest fixed.

kenn — 2009-04-19T16:29:21-08:00

Whoops. I just discovered that I goofed when putting up this month's poetry writing contest on poetry4kids.com. I mistakenly entered the expiration date for the contest as 2004 instead of 2009, so the contest never appeared on the website. I've fixed this now, so if you've written an April Fool's Da...
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