Creative, engaging and great for both kids and adults. The book already begins with an acrostic of the alphabet and the letters bring poems about a theme that begins with that letter. Graphics complete the experience along with a great teaser from one of the authors and a Try it.
I loved it

This book is superb. Not only is it beautifully illustrated and full of inspirational quotes, it contains a wide range of vocabulary for children to explore. The poetry is fantastic and I really appreciated the information about the different forms. This will be a lovely book to use with children to look at different forms of poetry and to allow them to experiment and be creative with language. This is all before we even look at the content, which delivers exactly what the title suggests: ideas of how individuals can help to make the world a nicer place to be.

Thank you Netgalley and Lerner Publishing Group for providing me with the ARC of this book. This book was an amazing experience for me. I rarely read poetry and having seen this book as poetry for kids, I was intrigued and wanted to know more about it. The format is very interesting and the different forms of poems in this book gave me a uniquely enjoyable and insightful experience. The way it's written and the themes that are present in the book are very much relatable and irrespective of the age you can enjoy it. The thought-provoking topics and content add to the beauty of it. The creativity that goes into crafting various poetry forms and then collecting them together complemented by information about the type of poem it is and also thoughts from the authors makes the reading experience wonderful. I loved the assembling of the words in their alphabetical order and how they bring forward important life-related topics that are relatable to people of all ages. These poems inspire goodness, zest for life, positive attitude, and awareness to the readers. The concept and the execution of it were excellent. I loved every single moment of reading it and the feelings it elicited in me. This is a definite recommendation for anyone who loves poems and loves social constructs included in the poems. I highly recommend checking it out. I have given it 5 stars and would love to get my hands on a finished copy of the book.

Each letter indicates a helpful word and combines a poem, a description of the poem type, a quote, a segment written by one of the authors, and a helpful tip for readers to follow to emulate that trait. The author segments were a little dull, but the rest of it was pretty cool. I really appreciated the book list in the back.

This book was received as an ARC from Lerner Publishing Group - Carolrhoda Books in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

I was blown away by the execution of not only the quotes, poems and literary elements used in this book but the artwork was absolutely mind blowing. This book not only reflects the importance of preserving the environment and saving the world one day at a time but, it also introduced me to new forms of poetry such as The Golden Shovel, Rena and my personal favorite the didactic. This book should be a requirement for elementary/middle school English classes all over so not only will they learn about the types of poetry but inspire them to become a writer themselves and be a good impact on saving the world.

We will consider adding this title to our JNon-Fiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

Beautiful, full of hidden gems where you can reread it and forever catch new pieces to think about or reflect upon. Perfect to read with a classroom page by page, or alone. Read the whole thing in one go or take it slowly and ponder. I adore books that have teachers and flexibility (and social emotional learning for all) in mind. This one does all of that!

Some humans I really love made it into the quotes which was, great too.

Lovely!

Thanks so much to the publishers and Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This is a colorful, creative book with a great premise: It's an A-to-Z dictionary of words that are all about equality and empathy and other great things for kids to learn. Each entry is made into some sort of poem about the word (with some letters getting more than one word and poem) and then there are calls to action about how to embody those attributes. Written by a man and woman from very different backgrounds, it offers diversity of experience. The poems are in all different forms and it also teaches you about all of the poem types.

The art that illustrates the book is my favorite part. I like the bright colors and the way some spreads remind me of the collage style of Eric Carle. Other times it's more photographs. It's happy, bold artwork that works well for the content.

That said, the book feels crowded and the layout almost seems like ad copy. It's clearly designed for older kids because it's LONG and wordy, but I don't know how many middle school kids are actually going to sit and read a dictionary of ways to be better people, even with colorful art and lots of happy exclamations. And any kids of that age who really are drawn to this are probably already the kind of kids who are empathetic and appreciate diversity, and don't really need a big book designed to make them into better people. It feels a bit preachy, and honestly most of the young people I know these days are already far better at respecting diversity, accepting others, caring about the world and being good people than the older people like those of my generation who are running the world into the ground. I'm a little annoyed at how many picture books I've seen this year aimed at getting kids concerned about climate change for example, when most kids I know are already terrified of it and taking action (teens included) while the older folks twiddle their thumbs and make it all worse. Maybe we should stop trying to improve children so much and improve the world we're giving them, and just give them some fun books to simply entertain them for a while. Kids these days need that more than anything, I think.

This is a nice book, colorful and well meaning. I just wish we could start marketing a better world to the old folks in power instead once or twice.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

I loved the layout of this book! Poems, haikus, limericks one every page. Focusing on world issues and ways to solve them. Paired with beautiful art, quotes, questions, explanations on the poems and the definitions and explanations of the style of writing used.

I was so impressed at how this book took real issues and gave realistic ways to help combat them. It read like a scrap book which helped to make it more “real” and relatable.

I feel like this book is very good in the way that it gets you thinking. Although aimed towards children, I feel as though it is a book that also gets adults to think deeper into their lives. I enjoyed the poetry side of the book and the descriptions of the different types of poems they were. I also really enjoyed hearing from the authors throughout the book and hearing their own personal experiences.

I do feel in some areas though that the book was complex and definitely more suitable for older children and upwards. However for the appropriate aged reader, I do feel like they will learn and take a lot away from this book.

This book was so cute and something I would read to my kids. Reminded me of a children’s nook but full of poetry.