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Paul B. Janeczko

Born

in Passaic, New Jersey, The United States

July 27, 1945

Died

February 19, 2019

Website

http://www.paulbjaneczko.com/

Genre

Poetry, Children's

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Paul B. Janeczko is a poet and teacher and has edited more than twenty award-winning poetry anthologies for young people, including STONE BENCH IN AN EMPTY PARK, LOOKING FOR YOUR NAME, SEEING THE BLUE BETWEEN, and A POKE IN THE I, which was an American Library Association Notable Book.

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Writer Paul Bryan Janeczko, 73, died peacefully February 19 at his home in Brunswick, Maine, surrounded by close family and a good friend. On the windowsill perched his upcoming poetry anthology, The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog, just before its March release. A collection of cards, pictures, and drawings from friends and family crowded the bedside tables. His favorite music, jazz, playe

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	Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems by Paul B. Janeczko, Melissa Sweet (Illustrations) 4.11 avg rating — 1,633 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms by Paul B. Janeczko (Compiler), Chris Raschka (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 946 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems by Paul B. Janeczko (Editor), Chris Raschka (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 609 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems by Paul B. Janeczko, Richard Jones (Illustrations) 4.08 avg rating — 421 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worlds Afire really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles 3.37 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects by Paul B. Janeczko, Chris Raschka (Illustrator) 3.65 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto by Paul B. Janeczko, Various (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing by Paul B. Janeczko (Editor), Jenna Lareau (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis 3.33 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You are making music
in the shadow of the gallows.”
― Paul B. Janeczko, Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto

tags: holocaust

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“Beasts of burden, we shouldered bundles of what pieces of the past we were allowed to keep as we joined the river of fear, a current of shuffling feet, sobs, and whimpers that crept past dark mouths of archways and windows of Terezin.”
― Paul B. Janeczko, Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto

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“Blue sky beyond barbed wire I wish I were sky.”
― Paul B. Janeczko, Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto

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The Death of the Hat A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects by Paul B. Janeczko

The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects Paul B. Janeczko

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