Hoberman is New Children’s Poet Laureate
OOh, I’m very happy about this.
As part of its fifth annual Pegasus Awards, the Poetry Foundation has selected Mary Ann Hoberman as Children’s Poet Laureate. Hoberman inherits the two-year position, which comes with a $25,000 prize, from Jack Prelutsky. The purpose of the award is to raise awareness of poetry among children.
You do realize The Seven Silly Eaters is just about the most perfect read-aloud ever written, don’t you? Yes, yes it is.