Call for Chapters: Celebrating Poetry Across the K-12 Curriculum

Editors

Mary Napoli, Penn State Harrisburg, United States
Deanne Day-Wiff, Washington State University Vancouver, United States
Barbara Ward, University of New Orleans, United States

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: October 8, 2024
Full Chapters Due: January 31, 2025
Submission Date: May 16, 2025

Introduction

How can poetry support children and adolescents? Why infuse poetry into the classroom? What benefit does the study of poetry bring to students and the K–12 curriculum? Poetry provides opportunities to explore the universal and shared experiences that connect us as human beings. Incorporating poetry into classrooms supports literacy instruction, develops interdisciplinary connections, and fosters compassion. This co-edited book aims to ensure that educators do not neglect poetry for children and adolescents as a part of the curriculum. It also helps educators feel more confident in their understanding of poetry, its relevance to their students’ lives, and its importance in supporting pedagogical connections.

Objective

We are delighted to announce a request for chapter proposals for a forthcoming book entitled Celebrating Poetry Across the K–12 Curriculum. This comprehensive resource will highlight research supporting the integration of poetry into the curriculum. Given the importance of introducing poetry to today’s youth, educators must feel confident selecting well-written poetry as examples and learning how to weave poetry from award-winning poets as part of interdisciplinary connections. This resource will celebrate how teachers, librarians, poets, and others share poetry with children and teens both in and outside the classroom. Furthermore, the book is written by and for practitioners and professionals who want to improve their understanding of the transformative power of poetry for today’s youth.

Target Audience

The target audience of this book will be composed of those who work with K–12 learners, including but not limited to the following: preservice and in-service teachers, librarians, teacher educators, poets, curriculum creators, educational consultants, reading specialists, professional development leaders, and family literacy coordinators. Moreover, the book will provide insights into a wide range of research, pedagogical implications, and perspectives on sharing poetry with children and adolescents.

Recommended Topics

• Current trends in poetry
• Historical retrospective of poetry for children and adolescents
• Exploration of awards and honors (e.g., Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, Children’s Poet Laureates)
• Content analysis of poetry
• Culturally responsive poetry, Multicultural poetry, International poetry
• Student engagement with poetry inside or outside the classroom
• Interdisciplinary connections (e.g., social studies, science, English Language Arts (ELA), math, art, music, health, physical education, and more.)
• Using poetry to promote literacy
• Poetry for social and emotional learning/mental well-being
• Poetry for self-reflection and identity
• Performing poetry, spoken word poetry
• Song lyrics as an entry point to appreciate poetry
• Poetry at the library
• Novels in verse
• Poetic forms for writing poetry
• Creative uses and responses to poetry (e.g., poet studies, multimodal responses, poetry baskets, poetry breaks, poetry book talks, text sets, and more)
• Other topics of interest

Submission Procedure

K-12 educators, teacher educators, librarians, and poets are invited to submit a chapter proposal of 500-1,500 words (including references) clearly explaining the scope of the chapter on or before October 8, 2024. Authors will be notified by October 25, 2024 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by January 31, 2025, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors will be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

We eagerly anticipate your thoughtful, creative contributions to this important writing project as you join us in celebrating the delights and possibilities of poetic expression.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Implementing Poetry Into the K-12 Curriculum. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.



Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2025.



Important Dates

October 8, 2024: Proposal Submission Deadline
October 25, 2024: Notification of Acceptance
January 31, 2025: Full Chapter Submission
February 21, 2025: Review Results Returned
March 8, 2025: Final Acceptance Notification
May 16, 2025: Final Chapter Submission



Inquiries

Mary Napoli, Penn State Harrisburg
Deanne Day-Wiff, Washington State University Vancouver, dday-wiff@wsu.edu
Barbara Ward, University of New Orleans, barbara_ward@wsu.edu



Classifications


Education; Library and Information Science
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