Lyn Littlefield Hoopes

Poet & Children's Author

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Creatures

Sense a Moment

Family Photos

Find the Heart of a Memory

National Parks

Reach Beyond

Student Art

Painting and Writing Together

a few words​ about

Lyn

Lyn Littlefield Hoopes, MFA Children's Literature, Poetry, MA Children's Literature, is the author of a number of picture books and a poet.  For more than twenty years she has been visiting schools as a poet in residence, inspiring students to see freshly and to discover their own voice as they write poetry.  Working from her photographs, from music, art and the inspiration of nature, she collaborates with classroom teachers to create workshops that tie in with the curriculum.

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Lyn Littlefield Hoopes

Author

Wing-A-Ding
Wing- A - Ding
The Unbeatable Bread
The Unbeatable Bread
Free Fall
Free Fall
Condor Magic
Condor Magic
Sky Magic
Sky Magic

THE UNBEATABLE BREAD
1996 PARENTS CHOICE Gold Award for Storybook
Booksellers Pick of the Best Spring ‘96 Children’s Books
Junior Library Guild Selection

“Hoopes concocts a catchy, image-rich rhyming text, with a tempo that rises and drifts and winds like the aroma of Uncle Jon’s unbeatable bread” – Publishers Weekly

“Hoopes’ remarkable poetry is the leavening of this book, making it rise to outrageous heights…A good story-hour choice and fun to read aloud for both adults and children.” -Booklist

“Hoopes’ rollicking text moves along at a good pace with bouncy read-aloud appeal…Anyone who has awakened to smells of cinnamon and yeast will appreciate the culinary talents of Uncle Jon and the picture-book talents of Hoopes and Sneed.” – School Library Journal

“Hoopes wrings every drop of poetry from each line…a celebration of life…Such vivid wordsmithing hardly needs illustration…a soul-warming treat to leave readers salivating.” -Kirkus

Latest Reviews​

Our Muse
Your gentle spirit
Fills the classroom
Your smile receives
our words
Your tender nudging
causes us to listen
to the voice within,
to coax the moment
from deep within
to find the words
you know are there.
We become transfixed
on your blank page
as you show us
the messy, mesmerizing
process you use
to grow a poem.
With quiet acceptance,
you show us how
one work inspires another.
You question us
You wonder with us
you extract words and images
we didn't know were there.
And then you trust
That we, too, will try.

Irene Hannigan, Principal

I just want to let you know how delighted I was with today's Poetry Breakfast! It was really wonderful. I just about had my breath taken away by some of the kids' artwork and poetry...

The work I saw today was well beyond simple analogies and rhymes - it was true poetic invention. Some of the phrasings were just exquisite, and more than a few story lines were way above anything I was expecting to see at this grade level. I think many serious poets would have been quite pleased with what the students produced. More importantly, I saw a real spark of life and interest in my own kids... each very engaged in the whole idea of poetry now.

Matthew Belge, Parent

" Amazing, I actually got to help out in the class when Lyn came in, it is mindblowing how she got all of the children excited about poetry. All the children did a great job. Thanks for sharing your poetry. "

The Johnsons, Parents

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