Book Thoughts: The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems

• very charming book
• beautiful, cozy artwork
• could ignite an appreciation for poetry from a young age
• one poem about goblins but benign and almost cute

Type: large picture poetry book
Ages: 6-9
Selected By: Paul B. Janeczko
Illustrator: Richard Jones

I don’t know much about the author, but this book was excellent! A sweet library find I’d purchase if I had unlimited funds. 🥹🥰 

Here are the authors included (in order of appearance):

• Charles Ghigna
• J. Patrick Lewis
• Elaine Magliaro
• Allan Wolf
• Marilyn Singer
• Christina Rossetti
• Calef Brown
• Monica Shannon
• Rebecca Kai Dotlich
• Karla Kuskin
• Douglas Florian
• Irene Latham
• Marjorie Maddox
• Kwame Alexander
• April Halprin Wayland
• Anna E. Jordan
• Robert Louis Stevenson
• Margarita Engle
• Ralph Fletcher
• Charles Waters
• Martin Gardner
• Nikki Grimes
• Steven Withrow
• Helen Frost
• Pat Mora