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My life in 8 words: "Law to Poetry; saw the light!"
Janet S. Wong's Books
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Homegrown HouseIn Homegrown House, Janet Wong and E. B. Lewis beautifully tell the story of one girl's yearning wish to turn her house into a home.Read More -
Alex and the Wednesday Chess ClubAlex first learned to play chess when he was four years old. He loved it. He loved the pieces, the challenge, and the sweet taste that winning left in...Read More
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Knock on WoodWhat superstitions do you follow? In this collection of original poems, accomplished poet Janet S. Wong explores seventeen superstitions, some...Read More
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You Have to WriteYou have to write! It's a class assignment. But you have nothing to write about. All the other kids seem to have something to tell because they start...Read More
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Authors on the Web
School Library Journal, January 6, 2012
...serves on the Advisory Council of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Janet S. Wong (www.janetwong.com) is the author of a wide variety of books for children, from chapter books (Me and Rolly Maloo) to picture books...
School Library Journal, June 20, 2011
...Stephanie Calmenson Kristine O’Connell George Mordicai Gerstein Nikki Grimes Alan Katz Joyce Sidman Marilyn Singer Lee Wardlaw Janet Wong Tracie Vaughn Zimmer Share and Enjoy: No related posts. This entry was posted on Sunday, June 19th, 2011 at 5:51...
PublishersWeekly.com, April 18, 2011
...publishers like Random House; African publishers like Afram Publications and Sub-Saharan; and authors like Justina Chen, Daniel Pinkwater, Janet Wong, and Cory Doctorow, all of whom have recently signed on to make a selection of their books and stories...
Salem Patch, December 2, 2011
...one boy and his friends prepare for and celebrate Lunar New Year in This Next New Year, by Janet S. Wong. For children ages 3 and up with adult. Tickets available at admissions desk on day of program. 3:30 and 4 pm Film: The Fate of Old Beijing...
laurasalas, October 7, 2011
... Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, pioneers of spreading kids' poetry via e-books, are at it again. Their last outing was Poetry Tag Time, which I posted about here and shared my poem from here...
Great Kid Books, October 7, 2011
...great joys this spring was buying the ebook Poetry Tag Time, an anthology compiled by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. It's perfect for dipping into, but be warned - it will get you hooked, make you laugh, pull you from poem to poem! Take a quick look at...
Poetry for Children, October 2, 2011
...project. It's P*TAG, an e-book anthology of new poetry for teens that I've edited with poet Janet Wong. In P*TAG, 31 poets speak to the complicated lives of today's teens, with new, quirky, reflective, and soulful poems about love and longing, war and...
readergirlz, September 30, 2011
...previous poet's poem. Ready, set, go! And we were off, under the guidance of Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. This ekphrastic approach to poetry, where poems are inspired by art, fueled the poets fully. While the resulting poetry collection is eclectic,...
jama rattigan's alphabet soup, July 15, 2011
...a whole story. Jama: You’ve said that poetry anthologies are an endangered species. Recently, Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong compiled the first e-anthology, PoetryTagTime, which includes one of your poems. As it becomes more and more difficult to...
Becky's Book Reviews, July 10, 2011
...pages. Elephants Can Remember . Agatha Christie. (Hercule Poirot). 1972. 212 pages. What I reviewed at Young Readers Grump . Janet Wong. Illustrated by John Wallace. 2001. Simon & Schuster. 32 pages. I Like Toys . Lorena Siminovich. 2011. Candlewick...
