Awakening the HeartAuthor: Georgia Heard
Format: Paperback
Published: Heinemann, 1999

Awakening the Heart explores how to cultivate the poet in every elementary and middle school student - through well-drawn examples, detailed exercises, creative projects, and down-to-earth classroom teachings. Along the way, teachers learn how to create environments that encourage children to express their innate sense of wonder; introduce poetry that will engage them; and help children make the transition from reading and talking to writing. Numerous poems by chidren and well-known poets are included.