I was thrilled to be invited to join Nancy Tupper Ling‘s #AuthorAcrostic series. You may know Nancy from her children’s books:
I have to be honest. I did not know exactly what an acrostic poem was when she asked me. I looked it up. It does not have to be rhyming but I found the examples that I found rhymed and used them as inspiration.
An acrostic is a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, message or the alphabet.
For Nancy’s series, each author uses his or her name. The acrostic poems do no have to be rhyming. Check out her series here.
My acrostic poem used my entire name (because Mia is only three letters), and the topic is boxing.
How It Started (2012):
How It’s Going (2019):
Thank you to my daughter, Zoe Lee, for creating this video for me!
p.s. Related posts with Nancy Tupper Ling’s books:
Poetry Anthology Books for Kids
10 Recent Picture Books With a Lot of Heart
Multicultural Adoption Books for Kids
p.p.s. Related posts about poetry:
Poetry for Kids: Haiku using Japanese Art
Poets and Their Poetry Books for Kids
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New Great Poetry Books for Kids !
Top 5: Latinx Poetry Picture Book List
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My books:
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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