Back in 2011, I wrote a blog post about, Dare to Dream…Change the World, a poetry anthology that was to be published in the fall
of 2012. The book was edited by Jill Corcoran and published by Kane Miller.
Here is Jill’s description of Dare to Dream from the
book’s website:
Dare to Dream … Change the
World pairs biographical and inspirational poems focusing
on people who invented something, stood for something, said something, who
defied the naysayers and not only changed their own lives, but the lives of
people all over the world.
Janet Wong and I “paired” to write
poems about the experience of an older woman who had contracted polio when she was young and Dr. Jonas Salk, respectively. I
chose Salk as my subject because I remember how frightened parents were back in
the 1950s that their children might contract the dread disease—one that had
crippled so many. Highly infectious, poliomyelitis—also known as infantile
paralysis—chiefly affected children.
Jonas Salk changed the world for me and millions of others when he developed a polio vaccine that was both safe and effective.
The Dare to Dream anthology also includes poems about other well-known "dreamers"--including Temple Grandin, Anne Frank, Ashley Bryan, Georgia O'Keefe, Christa McAuliffe, and Steven Spielberg.
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Last Tuesday, Jill announced The Dare to Dream…Change
the World Annual Writing Contest for Students. Here is an excerpt from her
announcement:
BREAKING NEWS!
The Dare to Dream ... Change the World
Annual Writing Contest
for students grades three to eight will launch January 25th!
Grand prize winner receives $1500 worth
of Kane Miller and
Usborne books
for a library of their choice
+
the top 30 poets will be published by Kane Miller Books
in a free e-book!
You can find out more about the
writing contest at Jill’s blog or at the Dare to Dream website.
Thanks much for this, Elaine. Looks terrific, & I'll pass it along to colleagues.
ReplyDeleteLooks like this would really inspire kids to write, which is a great, great thing in my book.
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