Some Kind of Love: A Family Reuinion in Poems by Traci Dant, illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Traci Dant's collection of poems all revolve around one family reunion and the joy that pours forth from such an encounter. Every poem in this book begins with "Must be some kind of love" and runs the gamut of topics from where everyone sleeps at grandma's house, to fishing, to cousins eating fried chicken together.

The wheels are already turning for using this book with students to write their own family poems that begin with "Must be some kind of love." So many great details in these poems to share and emulate.


One of my favorites from the book:

Family Photograph

Must be some kind of love
'cause daddy says, We don't
ever want to forget any member

of our loud-laughing,
hat-wearing, pearl-necked, knee-
stockinged, shoe-shined family.

So we all stand on the green shore
of Grandma's lawn and smile wide
when the photographer says, Cheese.


Some Kind of Love: A Family Reunion in Poems by Traci Dant, illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Published: April 1, 2010
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
Pages: 32
Genre: Poetry/Picture Book
Audience: Middle Grade/Primary
Disclosure: Library Copy