The following excerpt is reprinted by permission from the article: Cool Words Turn to Poems, by Jennifer Johnson. It was first published in the September/October 1998 issue of Creative Classroom.

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Synopsis
The title of the book, Cool Melons - Turn to Frogs!, comes from a haiku by the Japanese poet, Issa. Told in prose interspersed with 33 of Issa’s most delightful poems, the book is both a biography...

Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki) is the author of more than fifty books for young readers, including novels, picture books, traditional tales and autobiographical writing.
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