Stanza By Jill Esbaum

This picture book discusses poetry in a different perspective which gives children a different reading experience. Instead of just including different poems in this book, Esbaum created a character named Stanza. During the day Stanza and his rotten brothers cause trouble in towns. At night stanza writes poetry but hides it from his brothers so they do not make fun of him. One day, Stanza enters one of his poems in a poetry contest. At the end of the day Stanza wins the contest and all his friends and brothers realize how wonderful poetry can be. Stanza also becomes confident with his poetry talents and actively writes. Also, this book tells a story through poetry. Although the students probably will not notice, but the plot of this story is written in poetry.