Secret places

Poems selected by Charlotte Huck

This book is a selection of poems in which the poets describe their love for a secret place: some are imaginary and some are real. I loved this book because there are so many places to go with it! It is such a great spark for conversation and writing, pictures and projects. Although all of these poems deal with the same topic, they vary widely and I could see many students relating and identifying to the book as a whole for this reason. Some are imaginative, some are serious, some are fun. This would also be a great book to talk about text-to-text connections. Again, the illustrations were wonderful and serve to represent diversity, as many different groups of people are represented.