Pet Poems Plus
creative writing
“Should be in every grade 2-6 classroom”
New from Typewriter Rodeo! This full-color poetry workbook is a companion to the award-winning Pet Poems, leading students on their own generative poetry journey with fill-in-the-blank templates and hands-on crafts. Text by Sean Petrie. Art by Amanda Hoxworth.
Common Core aligned
Teacher’s Guide & video supplements included
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ISBN 979-8-9850784-4-2
“With Pet Poems Plus, Petrie & Hoxworth have created something so deceptively simple and fun, so special and needed. Perfect for teacher lesson plans. Or for students on their own — the videos are like having a personal poetry guide. This is the poetry class kids wish they had.”
– Jennifer Ziegler
author of Worser & children’s literature professor
Video supplements
Other free resources
Teacher Guide
Common Core Aligned
- Time estimates
- Discussion questions
- Further resources
Extra Pages
Download & print
- Craft page diagrams
- Pick-a-pet pages
- “Official Poet” Certificates
“Pet Poems Plus is so conversational — so inviting — that you can’t resist leaping in with your own brave, imaginative, curious ideas and observations! With this workbook (playbook!) Petrie and Hoxworth make the craft of poetry fun and accessible to young and budding poets, and pet lovers of all ages!”
– Liz Garton Scanlon
author of All the World (Caldecott honor) & children’s literature professor