by Nicola Davies
Your board bobs beyond the break zone.
On either side, your feet dangle like pale fish.
In all the world, there is only you.
The sky.
The sea.
This moment.
from A First Book of the Sea by Nicola Davies
Candlewick Press, 2018
Meribeth C. Shank reviews books for young people, writes picture books, has taught adult classes on Writing Books for Young People, has worked in Media Centers, Libraries, and bookstores, and earned her MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College and her undergraduate degree in elementary education from Goshen College. meribethshank@gmail.com
These ideas are jumping off places for conversations to begin. Not all these roles need be used each time the group meets.
From Literature Circles by Harvey Daniels, 1996. (adapted)
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