# Nine: A Book of Nonet Poems - Hardcover

by **Irene Latham** (Author), **Amy Huntington** (Illustrator)

**Fans of clever poetry and numbers rejoice! _Nine_ is a book of nine-line poems called nonets, all about the number nine!**

Hey!  
Hi there!  
Love nonets?  
I'm sure you do.  
What are they, you ask?  
You don't know a nonet?  
Not even one little one?  
Actually, they're all the same size!  
They're poems, of course--and here's your first!

Each poem in this clever collection is a nonet: a nine-line poem that starts with nine syllables in the first line and ends with one syllable in the ninth line (or the reverse). But these nonets go even further! Every one is also written with the number nine at its heart. There's plenty to love and learn: topics include the nine months it takes a baby to be born, cats' nine lives, baseball's nine players, and the nine-banded armadillo. Some feature history, such as the Little Rock Nine, the spacecraft Apollo 9, the ninth president; others explain idioms, like "dressed to the nines," "cloud nine," and "the whole nine yards." Explore these and more with nonets galore!

### Author Biography

Irene Latham is the author of more than a dozen books, including two novels for children: _Leaving Gee's Bend_ and _Don't Feed the Boy_. Winner of the 2016 ILA Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award, her poetry books for children include _Dear Wandering Wildebeest_, _When the Sun Shines on Antarctica_, _Fresh Delicious_, and _Can I Touch Your Hair?_ (co-written with Charles Waters). Irene lives near Birmingham, Alabama.

Amy Huntington has been illustratating children's books for twenty years. She illustrated _Fresh-Picked Poetry_, as well as _Grandma Drove the Garbage Truck_, _Grandma Drove the Snowplow_, and _Grandma Drove the Lobsterboat_ among others. www.amyhuntington.com

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 9.3 x 9.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** April 02, 2020

## Details

- **Price:** 16.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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