Immersed in Verse: An Informative, Slightly Irreverent & Totally Tremendous Guide to Living the Poet's Life

I learned of Mr. Wolf's book "Immersed In Verse" at a North Carolina BookFest. As a late-budding poet who is interested in writing children's poetry, I decided to purchase the book. After two hours of reading it at the kitchen table, I found this little book was the most worthwhile poetry workshop I had ever attended! This book is NOT just for young readers, although every elementary educator who wants to instill a love of poetry in their students should read it cover to cover. But there are also wonderful tips and techniques for the adult amateur poet on how to get creative, to find ideas for poetry around you, and an excellent reminder review of the main components of good poetry. This is one of the "jewels" among the millions of average "how to" book titles out there.

Though I thought my kids might hate the presentation, I took them to see Mr. Wolf at the Columbia (SC) Museum of Art. Within moments they were completely captured by the presentation which featured poetry from this book, others by the author, and much more. We immediately bought a copy and have since purchased many as gifts such as for cousins at Christmas. All kinds of toys scattered under the tree and guess what they almost would not put down--Immersed in Verse. It's a fun book that also teaches an awful lot about poetry--I use it with a variety of students (from high school to elementary, from advanced English speakers to newer immigrants), not to mention the artwork is riveting. It's among my top 10 list of books ever; I recommend it whole-heartedly and only hope Mr. Wolf writes more...

This book is fun with great illustrations. It has good examples and is a nice overview of poetry with basic ideas and suggestions for young/would be poets.

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It helped a lot for school projects and helped me realize I love poetry even more then I thought(and I liked it quite a bit before)

When we just kept checking the same book out of library again and again and again, I decided Immersed in Verse would make a great Christmas present for my twelve-year-old daughter. This book helps kids become aware of the beauty of words and introduces them to different forms of poetry. I don't have to coerce my daughter to try her hand at writing her own poetry. Inspired by this book, she does this on her own, holing up on top of the bunk bed for hours at a time. We highly recommend it!