Twenty-two poems capture the amazing power of writing and will inspire even the most reluctant writer to begin putting words to paper.

Write! Write! Write! is a poetry collection that explores every stage and every aspect of the writing process, from learning the alphabet to the thrilling moment of writing a thought for the first time, from writer's block to finding inspiration, and from revision to stapling your finished work into a book. These poems also celebrate how writing teaches patience, helps express opinions, and allows us to imagine the impossible. This book, brimming with imagination and wonder, will leave readers eager to grab a pen, pencil, or keyboard--and write!

Author: Amy Ludwig Vanderwater
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wordsong
Published: 03/17/2020
Pages: 32
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781684373628
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/20/2020
Booklist 03/01/2020 pg. 39
School Library Journal 03/01/2020 pg. 129
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2020

About the Author
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater is the author of many children's books, including Forest Has A Song, Every Day Birds, Read! Read! Read!, Dreaming Of You, and With My Hands: Poems About Making Things, as well as the professional book Poems Are Teachers: How Studying Poetry Strengthens Writing in All Genres. A former fifth grade teacher, Amy has taught writing for twenty years and blogs for students and teachers at The Poem Farm and Sharing Our Notebooks. Visit amyludwigvanderwater.com.

Ryan O'Rourke is the author-illustrator of Bella Lost and Found and illustrator of Mouseling's Words by Shutta Crum, Alphabet Trains by Samantha R. Vamos, and more. He teaches illustration at the New England College. Visit cargocollective.com/ryanorourke.