As Children’s Poet Laureate, one of my jobs is to select a collection of poetry each month to feature on the Poetry Foundation’s website. There you’ll find my monthly book picks, and those of the previous Children’s Poets Laureate.
My pick for November, 2013 is World Rat Day: Poems About Real Holidays You’ve Never Heard Of by J. Patrick Lewis.
Interview with Children’s Poet J. Patrick Lewis
In addition, I interviewed Pat about his life as a poet and about his new book. Here is what he had to say.