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    'Out Of Wonder' Aims To Inspire A New Generation Of Poets

    Kwame Alexander's new book is a collection of original poems written in the style of 20 famous poets. The aim is to introduce kids to great poetry — and encourage them to write poems of their own.
    by Rachel Martin Mar 17, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Ekua Holmes

    Kwame Alexander believes that wonder lies between the lines of poems.

    His new book Out of Wonder, is a collection of original poems for children written in the style of some of the world's most famous poets — Rumi, Robert Frost, Pablo Neruda, Maya Angelou. The poems were written by Alexander, Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth and illustrated by Ekua Holmes.

    There are three aims for the book — to encourage

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