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A Child's Garden of Verses

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A Child's Garden of Verses
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'How Would you like to go up in a swing?' and take along with you the beautiful pictures of Brian Wildsmith? What a wonderful pairing of the poetry of...
 
 
At the Sea Floor Cafe: Odd Ocean Critters

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At the Sea Floor Cafe: Odd Ocean Critters
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From the very first poem, readers are invited to “Dive In”to this slim volume of aquatic verse. Accompanying each rhyme is a short description of the marine creature highlighted...
 
 
Before John Was a Jazz Giant

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Before John Was a Jazz Giant
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John Coltrane wasn't born playing jazz. No sirree. But, he was born into a wondrous world of a cacaphony of sound. There was the sound of...
 
 
Birmingham, 1963

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Birmingham, 1963
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It's 1963 and the Civil Rights movement has begun. A hopeful voice waits excitedly on her tenth birthday for her special moment. She's going to sing a...
 
 
Birmingham, 1963

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Birmingham, 1963
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Turning ten years old, this eager young voice has already experienced lunch counter sit-ins and the voice and power of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial....
 
 
Blues Journey

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Blues Journey
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This is a celebration of the soulful power of the blues. They are song of human suffering and human triumph. The poignant and powerful images...
 
 
Dark Emperor

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Dark Emperor
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If you have ever wondered what night is like in the deep, dark forest -- while much of the world is fast asleep -- this is the book for...
 
 
Diamond Life   Baseball Sights, Sounds and Swings

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Diamond Life Baseball Sights, Sounds and Swings
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Sports hold so many of the lessons of life, and in this poetic book by Charles R. Smith Jr., the power of baseball rings out. There's the confidence of...
 
 
Dinothesaurus:  Prehistoric Poems and Paintings

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Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings
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For children who delight in dinosaurs, this is a wonderfully fun foray into the world of poetry. The vibrant imagination of Douglas Florian has spread its wings and created...
 
 
Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People

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Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People
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This collection of poems for young people beats to the pulse of the Black Arts Movement of the 60's and 70's. There is a sense of pride, of anger...
 
 
Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing and More

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Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing and More
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If you swim like you’re “chasing after porpoises” or play basketball waiting for the “soft, sweet sound of swish” as the ball falls through net, then this collection of...
 
 
Grass Sandals:  The Travels of Basho

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Grass Sandals: The Travels of Basho
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How many of our children know the name Basho? Probably very few, and yet he is one of Japan’s best-loved poets. This is a simple tale of...
 
 
Guyku

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Guyku
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In this unique approach to poetry for the reluctant, the author does a wonderful job of pairing haiku’s 17-syllable form with contemporary vocabulary. The result is sure to tickle...
 
 
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry With A Beat

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Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry With A Beat
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Here is a foot-stomping collection of poetry that can serve as a powerful mirror for children. Here is pride and fun and energy and history all wrapped up in...
 
 
Hoop Kings

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Hoop Kings
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Charles R. Smith Jr. brings the dynamic determination and excellence of these twelve male basketball players alive in his rap-inspired poetry. So, who are you most like? Is it...
 
 
Hoop Queens

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Hoop Queens
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So, who are these twelve, powerful, female basketball players? Charles R. Smith Jr. focuses his lens and his rap-inspired poetic voice on the characters and strength of these twelve...
 
 
I've Lost My Hippopotamus

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I've Lost My Hippopotamus
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Collection of individual humorous poem on topics very familiar to any and all youngsters. Nothing is sacred when Jack lets loose. Delightful and insures laughter from young reader or...
 
 
I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer

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I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer
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Matthew Henson didn't walk all the way from Washington, D.C to Baltimore just to "look at the ships at the dock." Henson's determination, courage, and willingness to seize...
 
 
If
"What makes a boy into a man?" is a question a lot of boys ask themselves, perhaps unknowingly, and many a father asks, himself, aloud. This classic poem is...
 
 
Jazz
Wow! The talents of poet Walter Dean Myers and his son, artist Chrisopher Myers, explode in this vibrant collection of poems and images that celebrate...
 
 
 
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