Zaro Weil

Updated October 9, 2020: Poet Zaro Weil was announced the winner of the CLiPPA poetry award for her collection of nature poems, Cherry Moon, published by ZaZaKids Books/Troika Books and illustrated by Junli Song.

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Congratulations to Metro Theater Company Co-Founder Zaro Weil! Her book Cherry Moon is on the shortlist for the 2020 Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award (CLiPPA). The CLiPPA Poetry Award was established in 2003 by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) and is the UK’s only award for published poetry for children.

The Shortlist

Midnight Feasts: Tasty Poems chosen by A.F. Harrold, illustrated by Katy Ridell, Bloomsbury. 

Poems the Wind Blew In, Karmelo C. Iribarren, illustrated by Riya Chowdhury, translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel, The Emma Press.

The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems, compiled by Paul B. Janeczko, illustrated by Richard Jones, Walker Books. 

Wain: LGBT Reimaginings of Scottish Folklore, Rachel Plummer, illustrated by Helene Boppert, The Emma Press. 

Cherry Moon, Zaro Weil, illustrated by Junli Song, ZaZaKids Books/Troika Books.