Congratulations to all the Winners and Honors in our
Annual Children's Book Shop Poetry Contest
Spring 2011

Kindergarten
Winner: Emma Forkey for When I Ride My Scooter
Honors: Brooklyn Huggins for Inside My Heart
             Nathaniel Parry-Luff for Feels Like Curtains

Grades 1 & 2
Winner: Claudia Cortell for Winter Night
Honors: Madeline Gerber for Math Page
             Carolyn Gulley for Roses
             Lara-Kate Lanza for The Move
             Maxwell Suprenant for Circus
             James Wood for A Swing

Grades 3 & 4
Winner: Mia Silvestri for The Winter Moon
Honors: Ryan Chen for Watermelon
             Lev Goldman for A Desert Tortoise's Day
             Eva Stanley for Night

Grades 5 & 6
Winner: Eve Ovadia for Israel
Honors: Grant Anapolle for Unbearable Caution
             Shira Fischer for Snowfall
             Daniel Katz for Back Stage
             Linda Oster for Moon
             Denise Rogozin for Nightly Song

Grades 7 & 8
Winner: Annie Rose Schenk for Interrogation of a Poem
Honors: Jesse Clements for What is Poetry?
             Clifford Larose for Mama
             Salvaryus Partan Making an Impact
             Celia Stern for Orange

Congratulations to all the Winners and Honors in our
Annual Children's Book Shop Poetry Contest
Spring 2010

Kindergarten
Winner : Maxwell Suprenant for Spotted Dog
Honors: Jackson Daley for Cherries
              Akane Hosoda for The Cat and the Rat

Grades 1 & 2
Winner: India Claudy for In Autumn
Honors: Isabel Barner for Barcelona
             Tyler Bishopfor Sophia
             Nina Fishermanfor Sponge
             Per Kepplerfor The Fire
             Sophia Lowryfor My Cat Sits at the Window

Grades 3 & 4
Winner: Maisie Elkins for The Island of Peace
Honors: Clara Braun for The Secret of the Snail
             Carsyn Friedman for Beach
             Michael Li for The Dark Fog

Grades 5 & 6
Winner : Zachary Leonard for Paperclip
Honors : Alice Foster for Flower Royalty
             Nelly Lin-Schweitzer for Hidden
             Claire Malkin for My Marshmallow
             Monet Penna for My Grandma's Dogs
             Gregory Wong for Paper Airplane

Grades 7 & 8
Winner : Grace Li for Adoption
Honors : Haley Bowse for Ode to Camp Huckins
             Jazzlyn Figueroa for I Have Feelings, Too
              Keelerfor Prince Charming's Outspoken Perspective
             Simon Mairson for The Gods of Old Times

Congratulations to all the Winners and Honors in our
Annual Children's Book Shop Poetry Contest
Spring 2009
To view these poems please click on the title of the poem.

Kindergarten
Winner: Charlie Cain for Rock
Honors: Kobe Jones for The Bee
              Audrey McKenzie for Tweet Tweet Bird
              Leah Jacobs for Soft Things

Grades 1 & 2
Winner:  Ruby Miller for Orange
Honors:  Maisie Elkins for Wonders of Winter
              Ava Rysman for Sunset
              Lev Roland-Kalb for Moonlight Shavings
              Esther Cohen for Quiet Place
              Sadie LeStage for A Speech

Grades 3 & 4
Winner:  Naomi Goodheart for Jumbled
Honors:  Eva Westphal for Tulip Beauty
              Jared Goodfriend for Different Worlds
              Zach Regis for My Sister
              Ronald Lam for Lunch

Grades 5 & 6
Winner:  Annie Dobroth for Engulfed
Honors:  Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff for Uncle Daniel
              Marisol Bradford for Photo
              Isabelle Hanson for Barefoot
              Kendall McGowan for Cat
              Adrienne LaForte for Words

Grades 7 & 8
Winner:  Joshua Celado for Quinceanera
Honors:  Jack Gowetski for Fear
              Rebecca Feidelson for The Amphibian Dilemma
              Jess Lebwith for My Ability

Congratulations to all the Winners and Honors in our
Annual Children's Book Shop Poetry Contest
Spring 2008

Kindergarten
Winner: Jasmine Lin for Spring
Honor: Lev Roland-Kalb for Signs of Spring

Grades 1 & 2
Winner:  Maddie Mills for The Ocean
Honors:  Darnell Treasure Pierre for Skin Forever
              Sparky Yoo for Feather
              Noah Ferraresso for Noah
              Alessandra Abelli for The Creative Corner
              Phineas Swift Hilliard for Magic

Grades 3 & 4
Winner:  Annalisa Flynn for The Tree
Honors:  Kendall McGowan for Bully
              Talia Roland-Kalb for In Time of a Willing Cat
              Gregory Wong for What I Love About Snow Days

Grades 5 & 6
Winner:  Kako A. Yamada for My Mom
Honors:  Stephanie Gavell for Sisters
              Emy Metzger for Zeus
              Jeremy Bogle for Homer's Stream
              Nicky Rhodes for Rain
              Nina Goodheart for On Either Side of the Curtains

Grades 7 & 8
Winner:  Carlesa Huezo-Rosales for Just Because…
Honors:  Josh Feldman for A Dreadful Day
              Erica Richmond for Rain Dancing
              Sarah Warner for Dinosaurs