Sep 12

Inspirational Poems for You and Your Family
Through her poetry, author Teresa Billingsley combines her years of counseling and working with troubled individuals to uplift, inspire and motivate your soul. Based on actual experience, Billingsley opens her heart to assist you and your loved ones deal victoriously with:

Feelings of inadequacies

Struggles relating to God

Experiences of loss or grief

Unforgiveness

Abuse

Depression

Bitterness

Healing for the wounded heart

Relationships

Help someone you love through a difficult time, or be encouraged yourself, with this collection of heartfelt poetry that is as refreshing as it is uplifting.

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Sep 12

Kids' Poems
In this four-book series, Regie Routman shares how she teaches poetry writing to children in grades K-4. Each book is written for a different grade level, so the strategies and the poems are perfectly tailored to the developmental levels and the particular delights of that age!

Teaching poetry-writing to third and fourth graders needn’t mean having kids tackle rhyme schemes and struggle with similes! Regie Routman believes the best poems come forth when children write about what they know. In this book Regie shares 20 poems by third and fourth graders that reveal the remarkable range of kids at this age: poems cover everything from the simple pleasure of eating french fries to coping with sibling rivalry. Regie describes how to use these poems as models to inspire your own kids’ poems. Includes model lessons and strategies and 20 reproducible poems to share with kids. Perfect for classroom teachers and parents!

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