My Poet by Patricia MacLachlan logging camp for Roaring Brook Press

for Roaring Brook Press

Bao and his father awoke early

she gives us tangible tools and healthy

its power lies in the strength of the truths revealed

the adult novel Bloodsong

My Poet by Patricia MacLachlan logging camp for Roaring Brook PressInspired by the life and craft of Mary Oliver, My Poet celebrates the joy of connecting perception and experience with words, with glowing artwork by Jen Hill and profound text by Newbery Medal winning author Patricia MacLachlan. Patricia MacLachlan has written a lyrical ode to writing, to poetry, and to the celebrated American poet, Mary Oliver. In this mesmerizing picture book, a little girl wants to write, and one summer day she joins the poet who