Comments on: Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

By: susan

susan — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:12:46 +0000

I recently read Locomotion. Loved it. I’m a huge Woodson fan.

By: Ladytink_534

Ladytink_534 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:51:38 +0000

I haven’t read many free verse novels but it sounds like I should!

By: Natasha Maw

Natasha Maw — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:56:11 +0000

Kathy – If you haven’t tried Woodson I highly recommend her.

Missy – If You Come Softly was such a lovely story. Do read it.

Michelle – Thanks for the recommendations! I’ll look into those.

Janssen – That book title reminds me of a Tim McGraw song title. Something along being a bad boy but such a good man. I can’t remember exactly how it goes.

Trish – What was great about this poetry was that it read pretty much like a normal story but the structure was certainly different.

Kelly – Feathers was the first book I read by Woodson and I must admit pretty forgettable for me. But WOW since then, I’ve loved everything I’ve read from her.

Beth F. – Woodson is very prolific. A lot of choose from.

Karey – Thank you for the titles. I’ll go look them up!

Katrina – Come back and tell me if you do!

By: Katrina

Katrina — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:10:30 +0000

It sounds like a pretty good read. I’ll have to check that out soon (:

By: Karey

Karey — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:49:26 +0000

I did a little searchie poo, and came across a few titles of free verse. I’m not sure if you’ve done them, but one my daughter read and enjoyed was “Out of the Dust”. Yalibrarian.com also recommends “Make Lemonade” and “What My Mother Doesn’t Know” to name a few.

I love your blog, Natasha. Keep up all the great work.

By: Beth F

Beth F — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:50:00 +0000

Very interesting concept. I’ll have to check out this book and the author.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:38:34 +0000

Oh cool, I read Feathers and liked it but I haven’t yet checked out any of her others.

By: Trish

Trish — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:37:11 +0000

What a great way to introduce young readers to poetry! I admit that I kind of stay away from it because I know it is more work than picking up a novel, but I do have my favorites. I wish I knew of a book like this when I was in grade school.

By: Janssen

Janssen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:13:17 +0000

I do like free verse novels. I’m reading A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl right now (I’m like. . .eight pages in).

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:55:09 +0000

I love Locomotion by Woodson and have read it aloud to 5th graders, who were fascinated by it. Witness by Karen Hesse and Love that dog/Hate that cat by Sharon Creech are great.