From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut book--a tour de force that uses the principles of Kwanzaa to talk about the history of African Americans. The People Remember tells the journey of African...
Children's poetry
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Author:Zoboi, Ibi.Summary: - Author:Bishop, GavinSummary:
Uses the cumulative nursery rhyme, about the chain of events that started when Jack built a house, as a metaphor to illustrate the arrival and settlement of the European settlers in New Zealand during the early 19th century. Includes...
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Author:Skene, Pat, Ross, GrahamSummary:In Rhyme Stones, we go spelunking, we meet a witch who can't stay on her broomstick, a schoolyard bully, and we see how a simple piece of cloth can become anything we want it to be. Each long poem is followed by an exclusive interview...
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A collection of profoundly uplifting, attitude-shifting poems and illustrations giving children the boost they need to scatter grey clouds and make sure they're proud. Carefully and lovingly crafted by a diverse selection of...
- Author:Dugan, MichaelSummary:
A selection of poetry chosen from the best works of Michael Dugan and Doug Macleod with jokes and fun, hilarious domestic life and strange forms of domestic nonsense.
- Author:RANGER, LauraSummary:
Here are poems written by Laura between the ages of six and nine, poems about zoos and pets, parents and little brothers. They are full of life and intelligent good humour, and set a new standard for poetry by young writers.
- Author:Fitch, ShereeSummary:
A Sheree Fitch classic, the Silver Birch - and Hackmatack Award-winning children's picture book about children's rights, If You Could Wear My Sneakers, is now available for a new generation of young readers. A series of humorous poems,...
- Author:Nye, Naomi ShihabSummary:
In eighty-two poems and paragraphs, Naomi Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time--our loved ones, our dense air, our wars, our memories, our planet--and leaves us feeling sweeter and soothed.
- Author:Brown, GregSummary:
Enhanced ebook featuring a narrated story and two recorded songs performed by John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson, Lucy Kaplansky, Guy Davis, Lynn Miles and the Wailin' Jennies. Night falls in wavelets of gentle fantasy at a seaside hotel in...
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Author:DAHL, RoaldSummary:A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions and anteaters who delight in devouring people.
- Author:Nicole, ShaniceSummary:
Dear Black Girls is a letter to all Black girls. Every day, poet and educator Shanice Nicole is reminded of how special Black girls are and of how lucky she is to be one. Illustrations by Kezna Dalz support the book's message that no...
- Author:Duhaime, AndréSummary:
Pour André Duhaime et Francine Couture, l'exercice conjoint du mot et de l’art rejaillit sur autant de poèmes haïkus rassemblés dans ces petits livres, sans travestir l'univers de jeunes esprits et de jeunes oreilles. Pour...
- Author:Vigneault, Gilles, Jorisch, StéphaneSummary:
Enhanced ebook featuring a narrated story and 2 recorded songs performed by Connie Kaldor and Paul Campagne. An irresistible story-song, full of wit and whimsy, that will take you far away into an imaginative world of poetry inhabited...
