Jabberwalking

Name: Jabberwalking
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Juan Felipe Herrera
ISBN: 9781543687378

Author: Juan Felipe Herrera

Narrator: Juan Felipe Herrera

Unabridged: 1 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio

Published: 03/13/2018

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Language Arts, Composition & Creative Writing, Journal Writing, Children's Fiction, Children's Poetry

Synopsis

U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera is sharing secrets: how to turn your wonder at the world around you into weird, wild, incandescent poetry.

Can you walk and talk at the same time? How about Jabber Walk? Can you write and draw and walk and journal all at the same time? If not, you're in luck: exuberant, blue-cheesy cilantro man Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate of the United States, is here to teach you everything he knows about being a real-life, bonified, jabberwalking poet! Jabberwalkers write and speak for themselves and others no matter where their feet may take them — to jabberwalk is to be a poet on the move. And there's no stopping once you're a Jabberwalker, writing fast, fast, fast, scribble-poem-burbles-on-the-run. Scribble what you see! Scribble what you hear! It's all out there — vámonos!

About Juan Felipe Herrera

Juan Felipe Herrera was born the son of migrant farmworkers, and his childhood was spent on the move. He was educated at UCLA and Stanford University and completed his MFA at the University of Iowa. He is the author of more than thirty books, including short stories, prose, young adult novels, children’s books, and poetry. In 2015 he was appointed the twenty-first Poet Laureate of the United States. In addition to his work as a poet, Herrera is a performance artist and activist on behalf of migrant and indigenous communities and at-risk youth. His creative work spans genres, including art, theater, and the written word. He lives in Fresno, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy on August 28, 2018

Not too long ago I taught a six-week summer creative writing course for teens. Now I’ve never taught creative writing before. Truth be told, I had no idea where to start. So, like any good librarian, I hit the books. My idea was to take a different book each week and use it as a creative writing gui......more

Goodreads review by Kayla on December 30, 2017

If you like poetry and nonsense words then you will love Jabberwalking. Part poetry, part instructional guide, all fun.......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on March 30, 2019

Jabber-Walking is written by Juan Felipe Herrera who is was the Poet Laureate of the United States in 2015-2017. This collection of poems includes information and tips on how to Jabber-Walk or in other words be a poet. Jabber-Walking contains poems that seem non sensical but turn into something more......more

Goodreads review by Kris on September 11, 2020

This was a lot of fun. Honestly, for me it was a five star book for the first three quarters of it. All about letting go of your voice and writing whatever and letting it all go and very kid friendly. In the end...it kinda goes off the rails a bit. For me, it was the turning of the whole thing into......more