Poems In The Attic By Nikki Grimes

Poems in the attic.

Poems in the attic by nikki grimes. Moving poetry travel opening line sentence. A 7 year old girl exploring in grandma s attic finds a box of poems her mother wrote as a child. Poems in the attic author. During a visit to her grandma s house a young girl discovers a box of poems in the attic poems written by her mother when she was growing up.

On each lefthand page grimes chasing freedom words with wings has her narrator write in short bursts of free verse while on the right side pages the poems her mother wrote are in the japanese five line formtanka. The poems act as a journal of sorts written by her mother when she was growing up. And when she returns her mother s poems to the box in the attic she leaves her own poems too for someone else to find someday. Award winning poet nikki grimes brings us a tender collection of poems about a young girl and her mother who grew up as a child of an air force serviceman.

Reading the poems introduces the girl to the many interesting places her mother lived because of her father s military career. A book about discoveries this celebrates poetry and the quixotic life of a military family. First published april 15 2015 booklist. A young girl finds her mother s old poems in her grandmother s attic and reads about her mom s experiences moving around the world since her father was in the military.

Grandma s attic is stacked with secrets. Free shipping on qualifying offers. Using free verse for the young girl s poems and tanka for her mother s master poet nikki grimes creates a tender intergenerational story that speaks to every child s need to hold onto special memories of home no matter where that place might be. The poems act as a journal of sorts written by her mother when she was growing up.

Poems in the attic. Texas bluebonnet award nominee book poems in the attic by nikki grimes illustrations by elizabeth zunon read by mercedes jasso edited by maria del carmen zuniga. 5 0 out of 5 stars nikki grimes makes poetry accessible reviewed in the united states on september 27 2015 this is the story of a young girl who discovers a box of poems in her grandma s attic. Told in alternating free verse and tanka similar to haiku poems.