Heidi writes poetry, nonfiction, fiction, articles, book reviews, interviews, and song lyrics. Featured here are Heidi’s current books.

Come to My Party and Other Shape Poems

ISBN # 0-8050-6620-9
Illus. Hideko Takahashi. Henry Holt, 2004
Celebrate the seasons with this spirited collection of shape poems, poems that wind, bump, and wiggle across each page, as the words themselves cleverly shape the pictures. Thirty-eight exuberant poems follow a child’s activities through the seasons: jumping rope, flying kites, eating watermelon, toasting marshmallows, and shoveling snow, to mention just a few.This delightful, sound dominant read-aloud is not only a treat for the eyes, but ears and tongue, as well.

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It’s Party Time!

Come to My Party and Other Shape Poems has received the following recognition:

  • …The Monarch Award, 2007 nominee
  • …Round Rock Texas ISD Reader’s Choice, 2007 nominee
  • …Great Lakes’ Great Books Award, 2006 nominee
  • …Chicago Public School’s Second Grade Reading List
  • …Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books of 2004
  • …The Best Children’s Books of 2005, selected by CBC
  • …CCBC Choices 2005, the annual best-of-the-year list.

What Kinds of Seeds are These?

ISBN # 1-55971-955-5
Illus. by Olena Kassian NorthWord Press, October, 2006
Seeds are mysterious packages of life. Many seeds are on the go, traveling from one place to another. Some have wings and fly on a breeze, some stick like glue to passersby, and others take a detour through a critter’s stomach! This delightful riddles-in-rhyme picture book tells the traveling tales of nine different seeds, from coconuts to maple seeds. Kid-friendly activities are included in the back of the book to encourage readers to sprout green thumbs of their own.

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Whose Nest is This?

ISBN # 978-1589793866
Illus. by Connie McLennans, NorthWord Press, March, 2009
Riddles-in-rhyme describe fascinating nests made by various birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects. A delightful companion book to What Kinds of Seeds are These?.

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These publications are also written by Heidi or feature her work.

WORKS FOR HIRE BOOK:

All Aboard for Zippity Zoo, 1999 (Out of print)

ANTHOLOGIES:

America at War, Margaret McElderry Books, 2008
The Arrow Finds Its Mark: Found Poems, Roaring Brook Press, 2012
Behind the Museum Door, Abrams, 2007
Falling Down the Page: List Poems, Roaring Brook Press, 2009
Hamsters, Shells, and Spelling Bees: School Poems, HarperCollins, 2008
Ninty-nine English Poems for Schools, Ernst Klett Sprachen, 2011
Response to Poetry, Osbourne Press, 2006
Read Aloud Grade 1, Scott Foresman, 2006
Valentine Hearts, HarperCollins, 2005
Wonderful Words, Simon and Schuster, 2004
A Pet for Me, HarperCollins, 2003
Big Book of Holiday & Seasonal Celebrations,T.&L. Company, 2002
Phonics Through Poetry, Addison Wesley, 1997

MAGAZINES:
Babybug, Boy’s Quest, Bread for God’s Children, Celebrate, Children’s Playmate, Focus on the Family Clubhouse, Cricket, Highlights, Holiday and Seasonal Celebrations, Humpty Dumpty, Junior Trails, Ladybug, Listen!, Live Wire, Lollipop, Nature Friends, Once Upon A Time, Power and Light, The Prairie Wind, R-A-D-A-R, Spider, Story Mates, Teaching PK-8, Together Time, Turtle, and Wild Outdoor World.

CDs:

Sweet Pea and Friends song lyrics for Kindermusik, 2007
Noodlebug: All About Me, “My First Haircut,” School Specialty Publishing, 2006