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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hang on tight for a raucous bounce through the solar system and back -- propelled by funny, fanciful, factually sound poems and exuberant illustrations. The universe poured into me. My brain was overloaded. It smoked and glowed red-hot. And then it actually exploded. Ever wonder what the sun has to say about being the closest star to Earth? Or what Pluto has gotten up to since being demoted to a dwarf planet? Or where rocket ships go when they retire?...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
PICTURE STORYBOOKS. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. It's Christmas Eve, and the entire house is sleeping -- except one boy, woken by the clatter of hooves on the roof. As he tiptoes downstairs, who will he find?. Ages 0+.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
By turns aggressively reckless and fiercely protective, always guided by faith and ancestry, Threa Almontaser's incendiary debut asks how mistranslation can be a form of self-knowledge and survival. A love letter to the country and people of Yemen, a portrait of young Muslim womanhood in New York after 9/11, and an extraordinarily composed examination of what it means to carry in the body the echoes of what came before, Almontaser's polyvocal collection...
44) The poetry of US
Publisher
National Geographic Partners, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"It's all about us! Join former U.S. Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis on a lyrical journey through the United States to experience the wonders of America's people and places through 200+ inspiring poems and stunning photographs. Celebrate the gift of language and the vibrant culture of the United States with this collection of classic and never-before-published poetry. Poems are arranged by region, from coast to coast, and among them you'll...
45) Stag's leap
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a divorce, embracing strands of love, sex, sorrow, memory, and new freedom.
47) Nine Alexandrias
Author
Series
Pocket poets volume no. 56
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinović which chronicles his cross-country journey by train in post-September 11 America.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
©1992-©2005
Language
English
Description
One of the astonishing aspects of [Oliver's] work is the consistency of tone over this long period. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets. ... These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward.
Author
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet, at age twenty-two, to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Her inaugural poem, "The Hill We Climb," is now available to cherish in this special edition." -- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
Español
Description
"In sharp, crystalline verses, written in both Spanish and English versions, antes que isla es volc̀n daringly imagines a decolonial Puerto Rico. Salas Rivera unfurls series after series of poems that build in intensity: one that casts Puerto Rico as the island of Caliban in Shakespeare's The Tempest, another that imagines a multiverse of possibilities for Puerto Rico's fate, a 3rd in which the poet demands his right to a future and its immediate...
Language
English
Description
How does an empty lot transform into a new hotel? This anthology begins with a busy construction site, and an architect's (and her daughter's) dreams drawn on blueprint paper. Next, workers with huge machines -- backhoes, dump trucks, cement mixers, etc. -- roll in. Poems full of noise and action describe every step of the construction process. From welders and carpenters building the skeleton of the building to plumbers and electricians making its...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Shel Silverstein, these poems bring a fresh new twist to the classic dilemmas of childhood as well as a perceptive eye to the foibles of modern family life. Full of clever wordplay and bright visual gags--and toilet humor to spare--these twenty-three rhyming poems make for an ideal read-aloud experience."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Ante la mirada de un mundo sobrecogido tras la invasión del Capitolio de los Estados Unidos, Amanda Gorman tomó la palabra a continuación del presidente Joe Biden. Era la poeta más joven que recitaba en una ceremonia de investidura, como antes lo hicieron Robert Frost o Maya Angelou, y cautivó a millones de personas que veían en ella la luz de una esperanza, y en los versos de La colina que ascendemos la inauguración de una nueva era.
Before...
Author
Publisher
Aunt Lute Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged, and continue to challenge, how we think about identity. Borderlands / La Frontera remaps our understanding of what a "border" is, presenting it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a psychic, social, and cultural terrain that we inhabit, and that inhabits all of us. This...
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Contains 366 nature poems--one for every day of the year. Filled with familliar favorites and new discoveries by a vast array of poets, including Langston Hughes, Lilian Moore, Emily Dickinson, Jack Prelutsky, William Shakespeare, N.M. Bodecker, Kanoko Okamoto, and many more.
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A crisp wind blows. A voice howls. Masked figures dance by moonlight. And the taste of chocolate is in everyone's mouth. It's Halloween! Lee Bennett Hopkins captures the spirit of everyone's favorite holiday in this collection of poems for beginning readers.
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