​I’m delighted to share that I’m beginning a new blog series about POETRY FORMS. Some are well-known (haiku, list poem, acrostic, and limerick, for example) and others may be more obscure (ever heard of double dactyl or diamante?) The structure of these forms may be simple or quite complex. Many require following strict rules about length, rhythm, and rhyme. With each post, I’ll dive deeper and share some background about a featured form, then provide children’s books showcasing it. We’ll start with haiku.

I recently worked with a client whose manuscript involved a new baby. As part of our check-ups, the Rhyme Doctors recommend mentor texts, so a trip to the library and bookstore was in order.
I found many books written in rhyme that featured babies. The authors of these three diverse titles  found a new twist on the theme of babies and wrote books that I really enjoyed.