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Age Range
6 - 9
Genre
poetry
Copyright Year
2020-04-01
Page Count
44
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Grade Level
1st - 4th
ISBN
978-1773061320
Lexile
880
Themes
humor
poetry

Explosion at the Poem Factory

Written by Kyle Lukoff and Illustrated by Mark Hoffmann

When piano teacher Kilmer Watts loses his job, he takes a position at a poem factory where poetry is produced by machines and assembly lines. As he learns to build poems using technical elements, everything changes when the machines break down. The story humorously explores the balance between creativity and structure, showing that poetry is more than something that can be manufactured.

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Age Range
6 - 9
Genre
poetry
Copyright Year
2020-04-01
Page Count
44
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Grade Level
1st - 4th
ISBN
978-1773061320
Lexile
880
Themes
humor
poetry
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