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April 2025: Use Your Poetic Voice

Use Your Poetic Voice

NEA Read Across America Books and Resources April 2025

  • Elementary
  • Middle Grade
  • Young Adult Level

Elementary

Elementary

The Book That Almost Rhymed
By Omar Abed
Click here to learn more.

Middle Grade

Middle Grade

Poetry Comics
By Grant Snider
Click here to learn more.

Young Adult Level

How the Boogeyman Became a Poet
By Tony Keith, Jr.
Click here to learn more.  

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