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23 Sep

Poetry Friday: Road Work Ahead

Posted September 23, 2011 by asuen in booktalks. Tagged: , , , , , , .

Road Work Ahead
by Anastasia Suen (Author) and Jannie Ho (Illustrator)

Booktalk: When a family sets out on a trip to Grandma’s, their journey proves to be more like a visit to a construction site. Sidewalks are being poured, streetlights repaired, roads resurfaced. The noise of jackhammers, whistles, and horns fills the air. Boys and girls alike will love seeing the big machines at work. Anastasia Suen’s simple text and Jannie Ho’s bright, up-beat pictures make this one road trip to remember.

Snippet:
Road work ahead.
Move over. Go slow.
Jackhammers crack.
Look at them go.

Yes, this is my new picture book, a picture book poem that was 25 years in the making (and it’s only 120 words long)! The illustrator and I have been out on tour with the book all week.

September 19-23 Road Work Ahead blog tour

We want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of the bloggers who hosted us this week! What a GREAT group! Each one focused on a different aspect of the book…Darcy wanted to know about the 25 years of revision, Carrie reminded us that kids like to watch construction, Terry and I talked about growing readers, Mary Ann’s kindergarten classes created art, Melissa explained the benefits of play, and Jone asked her students to review the book.

We have more activities for the book on our Road Work Ahead Facebook page. (Visit Jannie’s blog to see how she worked on the sketches and created the cover.)

And now it’s time for Poetry Friday!

Yes, this week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is HERE!

Here’s what the kidlitosphere is reading and writing this week…

1. In Ordinary Time by Gemino Abad (Gathering Books)
2. Tabatha (Engraving the Emptiness)
3. Amy LV (original poem, “Asters”)
4. Steven Withrow (Poetry Advocates)
5. Teaching Authors (Nikki Grimes)
6. Author Amok (Living Poetry Flash Mob Classroom Instructions)
7. Dori Reads (Praise Poems)
8. Carol (Book Review- A Funeral in the Bathroom)
9. Mary Lee (Casting for Recovery and Emily Dickinson)
10. Robyn Hood Black (snakes and a Jane Hirshfield poem)
11. Maria Horvath’s Daily Poems: a love poem from thirteenth- century Andalusia
12. Diane Mayr (the equinox)
13. Kids of the Homefront Army (“What Makes an Enemy?”)
14. Kurious Kitty (“Painters”)
15. Heidi Mordhorst (birthday boy and guest poet)
16. KK’s Kwotes (quote by Muriel Rukeyser)
17. jama (Those Biscuits)
18. The Stenhouse Blog (Numbers)
19. Debbie Diller (Autumn)
20. Pentimento (Faint Music by Robert Hass)
21. Ruth (“Hold that Thought”)
22. Charles Ghigna (“Nature’s Touch”)
23. Teacher Dance (I Have Been Acquainted With The Night)
24. Secrets & Sharing Soda (Dear Hot Dog by Mordicai Gerstein)
25. Pink Me (Foggy Morning Drop- Off)
26. Wild Rose Reader (Cleaning House & Discovering Old Poems)
27. david e (the boys in the picture)
28. jone (Road Work Ahead)
29. Julie Larios at The Drift Record (Poetry Advocates)
30. Tara (cat tales in haiku)
31. Karen Edmisten (Nonsense, by Matt Cook)
32. Marjorie (Paper Tigers) – Emily Dickinson’s Letters to the World
33. Beth at Endless Books (Recuerdo)
34. Ben @ The Small Nouns (Poetry Goes Mainstream?)

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41 responses to this post.

  1. Posted by myragarcesbacsal on September 23, 2011 at 2:01 am

    Hi Anastasia, thank you for hosting this week and for putting up the post a wee bit early. I have already left my link in the Mr Linky but thought it best to include it here again in the Comments Section.

    We are sharing Gemino Abad’s “In ordinary time” for our Poet’s Sanctum in GatheringBooks: http://wp.me/pDlzr-264

    And congratulations on your book! So nice! Looks like a fun fun read. :)

  2. Posted by Tabatha on September 23, 2011 at 4:34 am

    Congratulations on your new book and your blog tour! Sounds/looks great!

  3. Posted by Steven Withrow on September 23, 2011 at 5:13 am

    Thanks, Anastasia, for hosting. Congrats on your book!

    Today I’m posting a very short essay I wrote titled “What It Means to Be a Poetry Advocate, or How a Poet Is Like an Egret.” It’s meant to inspire you all to take part in Poetry Advocates for Children & Young Adults, a new grass-roots, not-for-profit organization devoted to advancing poetry for young people:
    http://poetryadvocates.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/what-it-means-to-be-a-poetry-advocate-or-how-a-poet-is-like-an-egret/

  4. Posted by Carol on September 23, 2011 at 5:36 am

    Thanks for hosting! I can think of some little guys that would love your new book- I will have to hunt it down. I’m in with a book of bathroom poems by Kalli Dakos.

  5. Posted by Mary Lee on September 23, 2011 at 5:59 am

    Looks like the 25 years of work was all worth it! The words and the pictures go together PERFECTLY!!! Congrats! Thanks for hosting — talk about perfect timing!

  6. Posted by Robyn Hood Black on September 23, 2011 at 6:10 am

    Thank you for hosting, Anastasia! Congratulations to you and Jannie on the new book. I remember the delilght of my (now 16) son when he was little and big trucks made big repairs on our street. My daughter watched, too, but he was entralled. Kids will love it!
    I have “Snakes on a Blog” and a Jane Hirshfield poem today:
    http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=813619

  7. Posted by Maria Horvath on September 23, 2011 at 6:29 am

    Thank you for hosting, Anastasia.

    The book looks great. I love the humor. Congratulations!

    Today we’re continuing our look at Romance with a love poem from thirteenth-century Andalusia.

    http://ghpoetryplace.blogspot.com/

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  9. Posted by jama on September 23, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Congratulations, Anastasia! The book looks adorable :) .

    Today I’m celebrating Autumn and National Biscuit Month with a poem and recipe by Traci Yavas:

    http://jamarattigan.com/2011/09/23/friday-feast-beaucoup-biscuits/

    Thanks for hosting today, and best of luck with your new PB!!

  10. Posted by Laura Shovan on September 23, 2011 at 7:39 am

    Happy book birthday, Anastasia. Oh, if only my son were a toddler again. He taught me more about construction machinery that I thought possible & would have loved the book.

    I am getting ready for the Baltimore Book Festival, where I’m hosting the Living Poetry Flash Mob with poet Virginia Crawford. If anyone wants to try this activity in the classroom, I’ve adapted the instructions for you (along with a Shel Silverstein poem to use as your word bank): http://authoramok.blogspot.com/2011/09/poetry-friday-flash-mob-instructions.html

  11. Posted by Ruth on September 23, 2011 at 7:43 am

    This looks wonderful!

    I have an original poem today, here.

    Thanks for hosting!

  12. Posted by Linda Baie on September 23, 2011 at 8:47 am

    Thank you for hosting, and congratulations on the book. I have a granddaughter who loves trucks and will love it. Today, I am writing about poems that have been written about the night, sharing some anthology titles and a poem by Robert Frost.

  13. Posted by Linda Baie on September 23, 2011 at 9:30 am

    Oops-My first link was incorrect. Here is the latest one: http://teacherdance.blogspot.com/2011/09/poems-of-night.html

  14. Posted by :paula on September 23, 2011 at 10:21 am

    In honor of the poetry events happening at this weekend’s Baltimore Book Festival, including the Living Poetry Flash Mob at noon on Saturday (hi, Laura Shovan!), I actually WROTE something like a poem after nearly colliding with a big stupid van on the way home from dropping off the kids at school this morning.

  15. Posted by Elaine M. on September 23, 2011 at 10:59 am

    Anastasia,

    Congratulations on your new book! I think I’ll get a copy for my new granddaughter. I love reading books in verse to young children.

    At Wild Rose Reader, I’ve posted some old poems that I had written many years ago–and forgotten–when I was cleaning out my basement last week.

    http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2011/09/cleaning-house-and-discovering-old.html

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  18. Posted by macrush53 on September 23, 2011 at 11:39 am

    It was great fun to read the book. Reponses were overwhelmingly positive!

  19. Posted by Julie Larios on September 23, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    My grandson is going to love that book, Anastasia. Congratulations on its publication. Over at The Drift Record (scroll down) I have an interview of the wonderful Tami Lewis Brown, author of Soar Elinor, whose new book (The Map of Me) is such a delightful read. I also have a link to the new website page (“Poetry at Play”) for Poetry Advocates for Children and Young Adults. Facebook page is also linked. I hope people will sign up if they care about poetry for children!

  20. Posted by Tara on September 23, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    Congratulations on this enchanting book…and thank you for hosting today.

  21. Posted by Marjorie (PaperTigers) on September 23, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    Your new book looks wonderful – jam-packed full of busy-ness! Congratulations.

    I’m in this week with a look at Emily Dickinson through Jeanette Winter’s gorgeous picture book Emily Dickinson’s Letters to the World

  22. Posted by Linda Ashman on September 23, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    Boy, would my son have loved your new book (too bad it didn’t come out 10 years ago)! I’m going to pick it up at the library this afternoon. Congratulations!

  23. Posted by Ben on September 24, 2011 at 6:47 am

    Thanks for hosting! I’m late, but I got my link in!
    http://thesmallnouns.blogspot.com/2011/09/poetry-friday-poetry-goes-mainstream.html

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