Even kids who don't know they like poetry will love this playful, visually accessible collection of thirty concrete poems--illustrated by a Caldecott Honor artist Concrete poems startle and delight the eye and mind. The size and arrangement of words--or even just letters on the page can add or alter meaning, and poems can take the shape of crows and fly off the page. Or become a balloon filled with rhyme drifting away from outstretched hands. Or fourteen exuberant lines can become "Joy Sonnet in a Random Universe." Here in a single extraordinary volume are thirty poems from some of the world'... View More...
Inspire kids to write and respond to poetry through a wide variety of games, strategies, and creative ideas. Topics include similes, metaphor, rhythm, haiku, quatrains, and other elements of poetry. View More...
Juanita lives in New York and is Mexican. Felipe lives in Chicago and is Panamanian, Venezuelan, and black. Michiko lives in Los Angeles and is Peruvian and Japanese. Each of them is Latino. Thirteen young Latinos and Latinas living in America are introduced in this book celebrating the rich diversity of the Latino and Latina experience in the United States. Free-verse fictional narratives from the perspective of each youth provide specific stories and circumstances for the reader to better understand the Latino people's quest for identity. Each profile is followed by nonfiction prose that fur... View More...
New York Times bestseller ∙ Newbery Medal Winner ∙Coretta Scott King Honor Award ∙2015 YALSA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults∙ 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers ∙Publishers Weekly Best Book ∙ School Library Journal Best Book∙ Kirkus Best Book "A beautifully measured novel of life and line."--The New York Times Book Review "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering, " announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and hi... View More...
In this comprehensive collection, coauthors Julie Andrews and daughter Emma Walton Hamilton share a diverse assortment of their most cherished poems, songs, lullabies, hymns, and more. Featuring a wide range of beloved classics from William Shakespeare, Emily Dickenson, and Robert Frost to playful poems by Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein, this is the perfect collection for families to share throughout the years. Julie and Emma additionally contribute a number of their own poems and reveal the stories behind some of their family favorites. James McMullan's stunning watercolor paintings brin... View More...
Here are a few things that sometimes happen: HAPPY THINGS An unpopular Black Crayon proves to a Little Girl how useful he really is. SAD THINGS On a very hot day, an Ice-Cream Cone waits...and waits...to be eaten. EXCITING THINGS A Papa catches cold, so his Little Boy gets to go to work instead These nine very short stories for very young readers -- culled from Newbery Honor author Avi's first book and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Marjorie Priceman -- ingeniously capture the funny, surprising spirit of a child's imagination. View More...
Here is a collection of whimsical poems, where kids take on life with sincerity and humor. These poems are fun to read, but they are even more fun to perform. Brod Bagert's infectious energy and Tim Ellis's spirited illustrations will inspire you to act out these poems and bring them to life. View More...
Cuddle up on the sofa with this beautiful book, open the pages, and take a look There are lovely pictures and familiar rhymes, to share with your child before sleepytime. Join Mother Goose, kings, and twinkling stars, let your dreams and imagination take you far. A perfect book for reading aloud with your little one right before bed. An absolute treasure that will be enjoyed for years Collection of magical, well-loved tales paired with playful illustrations Classics included: Do You Know the Muffin Man, This is the Way, It's Raining It's Pouring, Pop Goes the Weasel, Row Row Row Your Boat,... View More...
From the simplest couplet to the mind-boggling pantoum, the award-winning team behind A Poke in the I shows us the many fascinating ways poetic forms take shape. PleaseOpen this book for somethingExtraordinary.Twenty-nine different poetic forms await youInside these pages. How manyCan you master? From sonnets to double dactyls, Odes to limericks--Raschka and Janeczko (and a frisky mule)Make learning the rules of poetrySo much fun In this splendid and playful volume, acclaimed poetry anthologist Paul B. Janeczko and Caldecott Honor illustrator Chris Raschka present lively examples of twenty-ni... View More...
A new classic in read aloud literature has been born 'Why did these Great People Bend?' tells the history of African Americans from their beginnings in Mother Africa through President Obama's second inauguration. It is the story of a Great People who survived kidnapping, family separation, cultural suppression, exploitation and abuse of every kind. In 2008, they united and elected one of their own as leader of the land that once confined them.'Why did these Great People Bend?' is the perfect gift to share at any time. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanza, Rev. King's birthday, Black History month, ... View More...
