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Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Al seguir a un círculo de familia y amigos durante todo un día, desde la mañana hasta la noche, este libro reafirma la importancia de todas las cosas grandes y pequeñas en nuestro mundo, desde el caracol más pequeñito en la playa hasta la calidez de las conexiones familiares o el más amplio atardecer a cielo abierto.
Celebrates a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant, and spending the evening...
Author
Publisher
Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Every year, monarch butterflies migrate to warmer climates for overwintering months. However, changing environments make it continually more difficult to find food and places to lay eggs. In this nonfiction picture book, the monarch's life cycle is detailed in lyrical verse as stunning art accompanies each stage in the butterfly's life. The most recognizable butterfly, monarchs are classified as a vulnerable species by the IUCN, and face drastic...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Come explore the hidden shapes and patterns in nature. The peacock's flashy tail is a masterpiece of color and shape. A buzzing beehive is built of tiny hexagons. Even a snake's skin is patterned with diamonds. Study a beehive and you will see the mathematical genius of the bee. Poet Betsy Franco and Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins bring geometry to life in this lively, lyrical look at the shapes and patterns that can be found in the most unexpected...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
We all have stories inside us--whether or not we consider ourselves "creative." Poet and novelist Joseph Fasano has developed a remarkable tool that allows anyone to experience the joy of creative expression. The fifty simple yet powerful prompts in this book are poems that you complete yourself. By adding just a few words of your own, you create something beautiful and wholly new--that comes from within.
Author
Publisher
Applesauce Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
Description
El ilustrador galardonado Charles Santore capta perfectamente el encanto de la maravillosa visita de Santa con inolvidable imágenes que de seguro fascinarán a los niños que crecen en esta historia --y también a los mayores-- en futuras nochebuenas.
Presents a board book version of the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER • In this timely and moving novel in verse, a preteen girl navigates seventh grade while facing mental health challenges. A hopeful, poetic story about learning to advocate for the help and understanding you deserve.
"Powerful." —Lisa Fipps, Printz Honor-winning author of Starfish
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening?
The end of elementary...
"Powerful." —Lisa Fipps, Printz Honor-winning author of Starfish
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening?
The end of elementary...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A diagnosis of dyslexia could change everything for an aspiring fifth-grade gymnast struggling at school in this authentic, high-energy novel in verse.
The print edition of this title is set in a font developed to be easy to read.
The gym is where Claire shines and she’s on her way to qualifying for the state championships. But at school, she’s known as a troublemaker—which is fine with her since it helps...
The print edition of this title is set in a font developed to be easy to read.
The gym is where Claire shines and she’s on her way to qualifying for the state championships. But at school, she’s known as a troublemaker—which is fine with her since it helps...
9) Hope ablaze
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Nida has always been known as Mamou Abdul-Hafeedh's niece--the poet who will fill her uncle's shoes after he was wrongfully incarcerated during the war on terror. But for Nida, her poetry letters are her heart and sharing so much of herself with a world that stereotypes her faith and her hijab is not an option. When Nida is illegally frisked at a Democratic Senatorial candidate's political rally, she writes a scathing poem about the politician, never...
11) We Belong
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
An extraordinarily beautiful novel-in-verse, this important debut weaves a dramatic immigrant story together with Pilipino mythology to create something wholly new.
Stella and Luna know that their mama, Elsie, came from the Philippines when she was a child, but they don't know much else. So one night they ask her to tell them her story. As they get ready for bed, their mama spins two tales: that of her youth as a strong-willed middle...
Stella and Luna know that their mama, Elsie, came from the Philippines when she was a child, but they don't know much else. So one night they ask her to tell them her story. As they get ready for bed, their mama spins two tales: that of her youth as a strong-willed middle...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The object of this compilation is to provide a corpus of representative parodies and imitations of a century, beginning with Rejected Addresses (1812), which practically marked the birth of modern parody, and are here printed in their entirety. Prose parodies, except those in Rejected Addresses, have been excluded; the derivation of the word 'parody' may be referred to in justification. Emerson wrote in his 'Fable.' So in this volume will be found
...13) A Lonely Flute
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Odell Shepard (July 22, 1884 in Sterling, Illinois – July 19, 1967 in New London, Connecticut) was an American professor, poet, and politician who was the 86th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1941 to 1943. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1938.
Shepard was born in Illinois. He graduated from Harvard University, and taught at the English department of Yale University. A professor of English at Trinity College in 1917–1946, he was a mentor to...
Author
Publisher
Amazon Kindle
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Smiling everyday is good for the health of our mind, body, and soul. Share a smile, spread some love. Stay safe, and do your part to help stop the virus called hate. We're all in this together whether we like it or not.Have a wonderful lifetime. Love makes the world go round. Sacrifice the hate you feel inside. To resurrect love in your life. Helping, loving, and supporting each other is the key to stopping hate crimes. Spread some love, share a smile....
Author
Publisher
Van Riper & Thompson, Inc.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Called "the Emily Dickinson of the 20th Century" by Chad Walsh, distinguished poet and writer, in The Saturday Review, Elizabeth Bartlett's concise lyrics have been praised by Allen Tate, William Stafford, Ted Weiss, Maxine Kumin, Josephine Jacobsen, and Robert M. Hutchins, among others, and commended by musicians and composers. Bartlett is a widely recognized poet, the author of 16 published books of her own poetry and more than 1,000 individually...
Author
Publisher
Unknown
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Through poetry and prose The Unedited Heart offers up life and loss in the same breath, inspiring a new understanding and appreciation of grief. With a steady hand and a tender heart the author guides us in and through the Land of Loss slowly, each page unveiling both the tremendous beauty and overwhelming pain of loving and losing.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Haiku & Other Half-truths... is a collection of poetry reflecting feelings of love, loss, and despair among others. The thoughts and emotions expressed in verse within these pages will ignite a spark in your hear and mind, while reminding you that we are all connected through our emotional journey in this life. Many emotions are felt but not expressed; however, some of those are written in haiku and short verse in these pages. Divided into three...
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