Dear CASL friends - 

As Sarah Lynch has also shared, Charles Waters will be visiting the 2 elementary schools in RSD13 on April 8 and 9. 

He is very willing to visit other schools in CT during that week. His website is https://www.charleswaterspoetry.com/school-visits

He has a new book coming out on Feb. 4 that is geared toward Middle and High schools (maybe upper elementary).

It's called Dictionary For A Better World: Poems, Quotes and Anecdotes from A - Z. 

Here is the synopsis: 
Discover a dictionary unlike any other. Writing with equal parts courage and empathy, acclaimed poets Irene Latham and Charles Waters have imagined the world they want to see and written it into being. In fifty poems, they work their way through the alphabet, employing a wide range of poetic forms and highlighting words and concepts related to diversity, hope, peace, and much more. In addition to the poems, for each word the authors provide a related quotation, an anecdote about an experience they’ve had related to that word, and a prompt for an action (small or large) readers can take in their own lives.
With stunning artwork by Mehrdokht Amini, this ambitious collection invites us all to do what we can to create a better world.  

Here is a link with more about the book including Charles performing the opening poem!
Here's are new webisodes where he performs twenty-seven poems from the book. 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMwELqLRVaq41S0sfQ8nHOxPeBggi3u5f

Thanks all!
Jenny

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Jenny Lussier

Library Media Specialist

Brewster Elementary School

jlussier@rsd13.org

Visit us at: http://brewster.rsd13ct.org


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