This is an amazing book for teachers! It is full of mini lessons and ideas for poetry centers and ways to help children study poetry that are meaningful. Also, it comes from a very genuine approach to teach children the art of learning to appreciate writing through observations of themselves and also the external world. I loved the quote at the end which summarized almost exactly how I felt when finishing this book. The author states " the work of teaching poetry is the work of letting knowledge pass though our hearts: sharpening our outer and inner visions; writing and reading poetry; and helping to awaken poetry in ourselves and in all of our students. The more we let ourselves feel poetry, the easier it is to teach it. All of us are hungary to express our true selves, to be reunited with our hearts, and this is the real work of teaching and exploring poetry." I believe book gives you the tools and guidance needed to do this.