The is the original A Year of Poetry Tea Time book. Have you heard of "poetry tea time," but you're not sure how to do it? Or you want to share poetry with your children or class but afraid they'll find it to be "boring"? Then this is the book for you!A Year of Poetry Tea Time is designed to make poetry a fun and enjoyable experience. It's the poetry book that should be on every home or classroom bookshelf. It will provide for you three hundred, age-appropriate poems in diverse styles and themes. This first volume is designed to help introduce you and your listeners to poetry of many styles. With all the poems tucked into one book, you won't have to search through volumes and volumes of poetry collections. Not only will it become your go-to book for poetry tea time, but also bedtime, mom school, classroom, homeschool, and more. You will learn how to hold an intimate to large poetry tea time, how to identify different styles of poetry, the history of tea, short bios on every poet included in the book, and more. You will also find great tea time recipes with which to adorn your table or picnic blanket. I promise you that if you use this book for your poetry tea time you will have fresh new poetry all year long and everything you need to make your tea time a success. Not only will it save you a lot of time, but it will make it a breeze to put poetry team time together. Your guests (your children, class, or friends) will have a meaningful experience, boys and girls alike. Yep! Boys love poetry tea time too. You can be ready for a quick, impromptu poetry tea time by the time the water boils. Not only does the book provide poetry and recipes for tasty treats, it is stuffed with so much more.Features that are included in this book: -You can find the definition of challenging words right under the poem for quick reference--300+ poems; enough to read one poem every weekday of the year-A glossary of over 270+ terms and the poems they are found in-130 mini poet bios stuffed full of facts-56 quotes by famous poets to evoke creativity and inspiration--60+ activity suggestions -Poems can be looked up by poet, theme, and country -Chapters are organized by monthly themes for quick relevant poetry--A section for you to write your own poetry-The history of tea-Learn about different kinds of tea-Learn about herbal tea and how to make your own-Learn correct tea etiquette-25+ Recipes for simple and elegant, child-friendly, tea-time treats-Explanation of poetry styles and t