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Irene Latham

Irene Latham is the author of many books for children, including novels, poetry, and picture books. Winner of the 2016 ILA Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award, she writes poetry inspired by nature, art, and the experience of being human. Together with Charles Waters, she's written Dictionary for a Better World and Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship, which was named a Charlotte Huck Honor book and a Kirkus Best Book of 2018. Irene lives on a lake in Alabama where she does her best to "live her poem" every single day by laughing, playing the cello, and birdwatching. Read more about Irene on her website.
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Irene's Process

​Irene's Books

12 Days of Kindness
African Town
Be a Bridge
Cat Man of Aleppo
D-39
Dictionary for a Better World
Don't Feed the Boys
Fresh Delicious
Leaving Gee's Bend
Can I Touch Your Hair?
Love, Agnes
Meet Miss Fancy
A Poem is a Nest
Dear Wandering Wildebeest

Other Interviews and Resources about Irene

  • Poet Interview: Irene Latham (Poetry Tea Time)
  • Wandering Wildebeest and Writing (Nerdy Book Club)
  • Irene Latham and Charles Waters: Ambassadors of History (Bookpage)
  • Shelfcare Interview: Dictionary for a Better World
  • Telling Our Stories (Mountain Times)
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  • About Our Work
    • Principles & Framework
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    • Building Zaha
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    • Eleanor Makes Her Mark
    • Make Meatballs Sing
    • Otis and Will Discover the Deep
    • Queen of Physics
    • Sharuko
    • Soldier for Equality
    • The Cat Man of Aleppo
    • Voice of Freedom
    • What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?
    • William Still and His Freedom Stories
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    • Almost Astronauts
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    • Irene Latham
    • Teresa Robeson
    • Barb Rosenstock
    • Katherine Roy
    • Traci Sorell
    • Tanya Lee Stone
    • Victoria Tentler-Krylov
    • Duncan Tonatiuh
    • Don Tate
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    • Teacher Contributors
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