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“A culturally rich collection of poetic tributes that extends the legacies of poets from around the globe. . . . A magnificent exploration of the poetic imagination.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Out of gratitude for the poet’s art form, Newbery Award–winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors’ hearts sing and their minds wonder. In this Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner, stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration and invite the reader to listen, wonder, and perhaps even pick up a pen.

• A Preface and Part Openers by Kwame Alexander speak directly to the most receptive audience: Language and Creative Arts teachers and mentors. A perfect entry point for explorations of poetry
• Concluding the book is a section of detailed biographies of the poets celebrated. Poets from all over the world are included there
• Out of Wonder received five starred reviews (Booklist, PW, Kirkus, BCCB, and The Horn Book) and has won multiple awards, including a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, and has been selected as an ABC Best Books for Young Readers, an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book, an International Reading Association Notable Book for a Global Society, an NCTE Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts, a Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Book, and more

Ages 8+