Follett Content Book Detail: Ruthie Rose's Big Idea : a Poetry Story by Schu, John

Ruthie Rose's Big Idea : a Poetry Story

Author: Schu, John

Follett Number: 2288ZG7
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2025
Format: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-53622-649-2
ISBN-10: 1-53622-649-1
Dewey: -E-
Classifications: Fiction; Easy

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Subjects:
Imagination Fiction
Picture Books
Poetry Fiction
Schools Fiction
May include a poster on the reverse side of dust jacket. Ruthie Rose wakes up with an idea. A big, bright, beautiful idea. An idea so great! An idea so grand! Ruthie Rose can't wait to share it with her idea-loving librarian, her art teacher, and her best friend. As the idea gets shared, it sparkles through her classmates, shouts down the hallway, and echoes over the playground. It invites everyone in the school, including you.

From the publisher:
From the New York Times bestselling John Schu comes a celebration of poetry and possibilities that follows a child who sparks to life a special space in her school for exploring ideas of all kinds. Ruthie Rose wakes up with an idea. A big, bright, beautiful idea. An idea so great! An idea so grand! Ruthie Rose can't wait to share it with her idea-loving librarian, her art teacher, and her best friend. As the idea gets shared, it sparkles through her classmates, shouts down the hallway, and echoes over the playground. It invites everyone in the school, including YOU. John Schu's effervescent prose is complemented by Holly Hatam's vibrant artwork in clear, vivid colors, depicting a cast of adorable characters. Collaged throughout the artwork are intriguing snippets of language and lines from classic poems, sure to inspire young poetry lovers to discover more.

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