Poem-a-Day - Featured Fall Books for Young Readers

The Mistakes That Made Us
selected by Irene Latham and Charles Waters
illustrated by Mercè López
Carolrhoda Books
October 2024, Hardcover $18.99

This engrossing anthology explores making mistakes and learning from them. Twenty brave poets share real-life blunders, along with a short explanation of what happened next. A book for anyone still figuring out who they are!

Age range: 7-11
Themes: blunders, growth, discovery
 

HaiCuba/HaiKuba
by Carlos Pintado and Lawrence Schimel
illustrated by Juan José Colsa
NorthSouth Books
September 2024, Hardcover $19.95 USD/$26.95 CAN

A celebration of Cuba through haikus written in Spanish and English. Discover the red, white, and blue tocororo bird, the crowded guagua, a Havana neighborhood, salsa music, and more through poetry that captures Cuban life.

Age range: ages 4-8
Themes: culture, history, language

The Lake Huron Mermaid
by Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen
illustrated by Meridith Ridl
Wayne State University Press
October 2024, Hardcover $24.99

A beautifully illustrated, dazzling poetic tale of sisterhood and the healing power of nature where a young girl and a mermaid must grow up and make sense of the world together.

Age range: 12+
Themes: mermaids, sisterhood, illness, nature, lakes