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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a stirring collection of coming-of-age poems exploring issues of identity, difference, perseverance, relationships, fear, loss, and joy. From youth to school to family life to falling in love and falling back out again--the poems draw on the author's experience as a young mixed-race woman trying to make sense of a lonely and complicated world. With a strong narrative voice and emotional empathy,...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Tallest, wisest, most studious--Lincoln was simply superlative!
Get to know the personal side of Honest Abe (his LEAST FAVORITE nickname) through fresh and funny poems expressing his superlative nature.
Abraham Lincoln is famous for many extremes: he was the TALLEST president, who gave the GREATEST SPEECH and had the STRONGEST conviction. But did you know that he was also the MOST DISTRACTED farmer, the BEST wrestler, and the CRAFTIEST storyteller?...
10) Johnny Appleseed
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A poem describing Johnny Appleseed's appearance and actions.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Deeply emotional, evocative free verse by poet and activist Sojourner Kincaid Rolle traces the solemnity and celebration of Juneteenth from its 1865 origins in Galveston, Texas to contemporary observances all over the United States. This is an ode to the strength of Black Americans and a call to remember and honor a holiday whose importance reverberates far beyond the borders of Texas"--
14) One Today
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A lyrical, patriotic commemoration of America from dawn to dusk and from coast to coast written in honor of President Barack Obama's second presidential inauguration.
15) Let freedom sing
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Simple poetry pays tribute to African Americans who struggled for civil rights.
17) My America
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
An illustrated children's poem which celelbrates the diversity of America.
18) The block: poems
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
A collection of thirteen of Langston Hughes poems on African American themes.
19) Our Abe Lincoln
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Rhythmic verse tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's life, from his childhood in the wilderness of Illinois to his famous achievements as president"--Provided by publisher.
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