Today is National Poetry Day in the UK! Let’s celebrate with some poetry!
The Everglades
Written and illustrated by Catherine Johnson
30 pages – ages 5+
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 27, 2014)
Summary (from Amazon) “The Everglades is a poetry book for kids with half of the poems serene and half of the poems snorty. Follow the silly antics of warthogs and alligators at home in The Everglades.”
What I thought- Ms. Johnson is a wonderful poet, especially for kids. Her poems are spunky and fun to read. The book is divided into “serene” and “snorty” poems, and they are just that! The serene poems gives the reader visions of the environment and wildlife of the Everglades. I have never been to the Everglades and it is cool to learn a bit about the place from Ms. Johnson’s poetry. The snorty poems will make kids giggle and snort (and maybe guffaw). The poems are put together with original artwork from Ms. Johnson and I think the artwork adds nicely to the poems and gives the reader a great read! Take a peek at an interior page!
Image from Ms. Johnson’s blog catherinemjohnson.wordpress.com
Five bookworms for The Everglades! 
To learn more about Ms. Johnson and her other books, please visit her blog HERE.
Follow Ms. Johnson on Twitter HERE.
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Want more somewhat snorty poetry? Check out Ms. Johnson’s latest collection!
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Categories: Age 6-9
A delightful book. Kids will love it and learn about the animals in the everglades.
It is a really nice book! 😀
Yay, Erik! You’ve reviewed one my of good buddies and colleagues, whom I dubbed, our ‘Poetry Queen’. Catherine’s new book is awesome. Thank you so much for giving her such a great review!! (Y)
Ms. Johnson is a super-nice lady! 😀
Erik, I just want to hand you TEN boxes of yummy donuts (Er, with a few missing), not sure how that happened. But we won’t GO there. Just take the empty boxes and pretend the donuts are still in there. (Must be a donut thief around here.) *ahem*
Thank you for that wonderful review of our good buddy, Catherine. I agree. Five bookworms. YEAH! She is an amazing poet and friend. You RAWK! (I promise to find out who ate the donuts.) *wipes mouth*
Um… How about I call on my good buddy Sherlock to find them? 😉 Ms. Johnson is awesome (a lot like a certain donut thief)! 😀
It would be a pleasure to munch on donuts with you Robin Love ya!
Great review. Congratulations, Catherine!
Thank you! 😀
thank you for a wonderful review for my for friend Catherine! kids will LOVE her book!
Yup! It is a marvelous book! 😀
This looks pretty cool! I know Catherine writes great poetry from the poetry challenge we participated in, and she is focused on fun … so I bet your review is right on target, Erik. What I didn’t know is the wonderful artist she is, too!
Ms. Johnson is an excellent poet! 😀
So glad you brought Catherine’s work to our attention. I did not know she was a poet. Her books sound super fun! Great review, SuperKid!
Ms. Johnson is a great poet! 😀
Snort! Snort! SnORTT!
Did you see that?! A warthog!
Great review, Erik!
Ha! Thanks! 😀
Serene and snorty! That’s funny! And speaking of funny, I loved the alligator poem! Yay, Catherine!!
It is a nice book! 🙂
Love, love, love Catherine Johnson’s humor!
She’s great! 😀
What a lovely surprise, Erik! I’ve just got back from a week at Disney to see this. Thanks so much. Sending a big hug from Mickey and some fireworks*.+*+*+*+*+*
I’m glad I made your return from Disney have an upside! 😉
Well, Fantabulous!!!!!
Great review – so fun seeing Ms. Johnson and her vegetarian alligator here. I wonder if her zombie is vegetarian too?
Thank you Ms. Meyers! 😀 A vegetarian zombie… Hmm… *scribbles down idea in notebook* 😉
Love poetry books. This one sounds like it has an interesting premise. Very nice! 🙂
It is a great book! 😀