In the following link you will find a very interesting article from American writer and poet, Kate Coombs, winner of the 2013 Lee Bennett Hopkins  Poetry Award for her poetry collection Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems (illustrated by Meilo So and published by Chronicle Books). Kate tells how she went about compiling her poems and working with her Chronicle Books’ editor.http://poetryatplay.org/2013/03/01/interview-kate-coombs-winner-of-the-2013-lee-bennett-hopkins-award/