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Poems Have Roots
New Poems
1997
First Published
3.35
Average Rating
300
Number of Pages
Teaches young readers about the art of writing poetry, describing how to draw on one's own feelings and experiences and explaining in detail how this award-winning poet created her own poetry through the things she herself had pulled from the world.
Avg Rating
3.35
Number of Ratings
20
5 STARS
15%
4 STARS
35%
3 STARS
35%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
15%
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Author

Lilian Moore
Author · 20 books

Lilian Moore grew up in New York, received a degree in teaching from Hunter College, and did graduate work at Columbia University. She attended college during the Depression, so job opportunities were few. She worked for the Bureau of Educational Research, helping children who could not read in their Reading Clinic. Ms. Moore was also a reading specialist for the New York Board of Education. She trained teachers and did extensive research into reading difficulties. She was the editor of Scholastic's first paperback book club, the Arrow Book Club, beginning in 1957. As she said, "Imagine making it possible for these youngsters to choose and buy good books for the price of comics!" She was an editor at Wonder Books, Thomas Y. Crowell, and contributor to Humpty Dumpty magazine. In addition, Ms. Moore was a founding member of the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Ms. Moore died on July 20, 2004, at the age of 95. She is best known for her poetry and easy-to-read books.

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