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Kiyoshi's Walk
Mark Karlins
Illustrator: Nicole Wong
Ages: 6+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Lee & Low
ISBN: 978-1-62014-958-4
Keywords: grandfathers, grandsons, Japanese poetry, haiku
Kiyoshi asks his poet grandfather where poetry comes from. Grandfather demonstrates by spontaneously writing haiku about things they see, hear, and imagine. Painterly digital illustrations. Afterword.