Hop to It: Poems That Get You Moving
An anthology of 100 poems by 90 poets—with fun facts sprinkled throughout, thematic mini-lessons, and extensive back matter featuring useful tips to help maximize student learning.
Share a new poem or two each week of the school year—and come back to share your students’ favorite poems over and over! Poems involve the whole body and incorporate a wide variety of movements—including deskercise!
Take a “30-second indoor recess” (or “brain break”) whenever you need it!
145 pages;
ISBN 9781937057299A
HOP TO IT:
Poems to Get You Moving,
has been awarded the 2021
BEST BOOK OF FACTS
for ages 8-12. Children’s Book Council
Book Features
Innovative
ideas
Poems involve the whole body and incorporate a wide variety of movements—including deskercise!
Noted
Contributors
Including Alma Flor Ada, David Bowles, Joseph Bruchac, F. Isabel Campoy, Yangsook Choi, Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Zetta Elliott.
Methods that advance teaching
Poems on life during a pandemic, virtual learning, staying connected with friends, and standing up for what you believe in.
Finding
solutions
Share a new poem each week of the school year—and come back to share your students' favorite poems over and over!
About the Authors
JANET WONG & SYLVIA VARDELL
Books by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong are published by their company, pomelo books. We are honored to distribute The Poetry Friday Anthology series.
J. WONG
Background
A graduate of Yale Law School and former lawyer who switched careers and became a children’s poet. Her dramatic career change has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN’s Paula Zahn Show, and Radical Sabbatical. She is the author of 30 books for children and teens on a wide variety of subjects, including writing and revision (You Have to Write), creative recycling (The Dumpster Diver), diversity and community (Apple Pie 4th of July), cheating on tests (Me and Rolly Maloo), and chess (Alex and the Wednesday Chess Club).
Janet Wong’s books include: Before It Wriggles Away (A Richard C. Owen “Meet the Author” Book), You Have to Write (2002), and A Suitcase of Seaweed (1996) and others.
S. VARDELL
Background
Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University and has taught graduate courses in children’s and young adult literature at various universities since 1981. Vardell has published extensively, including five books on literature for children, as well as over 20 book chapters and 100 journal articles. Her current work focuses on poetry for children, including a regular blog, PoetryforChildren, since 2006. She is also the regular “Everyday Poetry” columnist for ALA’s Book Links magazine.
Sylvia Vardell’s other professional books include: Poetry Aloud Here: Sharing Poetry with Children (2012) and The Poetry Teacher’s Book of Lists (2012).
