{"id":341553,"date":"2025-12-13T06:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T06:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/poetry-for-children-lets-get-kooky\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T06:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T06:14:10","slug":"poetry-for-children-lets-get-kooky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=341553","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Poetry for Children: Let’s get KOOKY!"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Just in time for National Poetry Month<\/b>, Janet and I are so excited to announce a new book for kids:\u00a0<\/span>MY Kooky Compendium of Thimblethoughts & Wonderfuzz<\/b><\/i>!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is a companion book for Clara\u2019s Kooky Compendium of Thimblethoughts and Wonderfuzz,<\/b><\/i> with fun and funny prompts to ignite kids’ imaginations and get them wondering and writing!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

do elephants like music?<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

things I wonder . . .\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

what new holidays should we invent?<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

here’s a list of happy sounds:<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These prompts are organized around sub themes and topics to guide young writers in trying a variety of activities. Kids can write IN <\/b>this book because most of it is BLANK. But around each blank space, you’ll find kooky prompts and crazy questions to spur creativity and critical thinking. Here are four sample pages:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Janet and I talk about it briefly here:<\/span><\/p>\n