Read the text of the poem and study the illustration.As an extension, watch the DVD version of this book created by Dreamspace where the poems are animated and music accompanies the reading.Ĭhoose one poem from this book and consider the following prompts: Illustrator Ekua Holmes created incredible, intricate mixed-media illustrations that bring these poems to life. Use the book itself as the primary source and each illustration as an opportunity for slow looking and close analysis.

In the Preface, author Kwame Alexander writes the title of the book “Out of Wonder” was inspired by something another author and poet wrote Lucille Cliffton said, “poems come out of wonder, not of knowing.” Invite students to start from that place of wonder when they read and experience this book.

Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration and invite the reader to listen, wonder, and perhaps even pick up a pen. Out of gratitude for the poet’s art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors’ hearts sing and their minds wonder. poets Newbery Award winning author Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors hearts sing and their minds wonder. Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and author of twenty-one books for children and educators, including Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band, Surf's Up, Booked, and a middle-grade novel in verse, The Crossover, which was awarded the 2015 Newbery Medal. Illustrated by Ekua Holmes, Written by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth Out of Wonder is a stunning book of poetry that celebrates.

Out of wonder by kwame alexander