Schoolapalooza: A Silly Alphabet of 26 Schooltime Poems - Hardcover

by Ryan G. Van Cleave (Editor), Laura Vitória Jäger (Illustrator)

Twenty-six poets, from Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple to Charles Waters and Marilyn Singer, cheer, wail, and salute the classroom in this silly tribute to school.

Calculators and erasers, school buses and pop quizzes, recess and a school vacation countdown--nothing about the school day (or school year) is out of bounds in this poetry collection from today's best children's poets.

The Poets

Micha Archer

Cate Berry

Cynthia Cotton

Audrey Day-Williams

Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Matt Forrest Esenwine

David Griswold

Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs

Jarret Keene

Alethea Kontis

Jane Kurtz

Irene Latham

Lynn Marie

Linda Elovitz Marshall

Eileen Meyer

Diane Ochiltree

Casey Robinson

Michelle Schaub

Marilyn Singer

Ruth Spiro

Heidi E.Y. Stemple

C. M Surrisi

Ryan G. Van Cleave

Charles Waters

Kay Winters

Jane Yolen

Author Biography

Ryan G. Van Cleave is the author of more than 100 books for children and adults, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. He earned a PhD in American literature and has taught writing for more than twenty years. As The Picture Book Doctor(TM), he helps creators bring kidlit projects to life on the page, stage, and screen. He believes good stories begin with curiosity. Root beer helps, too.

Laura Vitória Jäger is an illustrator from Brazil who loves working on children's books. She is inspired by the power of a child's imagination, which can make everything magical. She enjoys creating her colorful artwork with watercolors, colored pencils, or using digital media. She has a degree in visual arts from the Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil).