Hey, it’s Friday and I have a poetry-related post!  Amazing! 

The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award winner has been announced:

Jazz by Walter Dean Myers.

This makes Myers the first poet to win the award twice.

Three Honor Books were also selected:

Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant by Jack Prelutsky.

The Braid by Helen Frost.

Tour America by Diane Siebert.

And finally, the Promising New Poet Award goes to:

Joyce Lee Wong for Seeing Emily. 

Thanks to CCBC-Net for the news.