How to Sing a Song by Kwame Alexander, Melissa Sweet, Randy Preston
on October 1, 2024
ISBN: 0063060930
Genres: Emotions & Feelings, Poetry
Format: Picture Book Nonfiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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This is the third book by the team that created the New York Times bestselling How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem. This one  celebrates the magic of listening to the song inside you and letting the music ring out. It begins with noticing the sounds around you and transforming them into toe tapping and finger snapping. Guided by poetic rhythm and humor, eventually you are instructed to ““wail out each wondrous word.” Melissa Sweet (Maine author and illustrator.) does marvelous artwork with her typical collage and intricate drawings, including the text. A real delight! I have often done a Rhythm Story Time theme and this book will be added to the line up. “Those who wish to sing always find a song. – Swedish Proverb”

Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library