George Ella Lyon
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In this collection, Jacqueline Osherow gives us perfectly formed, musical poems that glide between the worlds of art, architecture, literature, and religion. Traveling through Europe, Tel Aviv, and New York, Osherow observes with a keen eye the details of objects-beautiful buildings and ancient artifacts-and of the conversations and interactions she has with others. Finely constructed and always engaging, her poems uncover the startling truths of...
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“A story rich in precise, gorgeous language . . . Tragedies old and new weave a tiny Kentucky town into the center of the universe.”—Booklist (starred review)
With a Hammer for My Heart is the story of Lawanda, a precocious, poverty-stricken fifteen-year-old girl from Cardin, Kentucky, who dreams of attending college. When Lawanda’s friendship with an alcoholic World War II veteran
9) Planes fly!
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Illustrations and easy-to-read rhyming text celebrate different kinds of planes, their instruments, what they carry, and what it is like to go for a flight.
10) Boats float!
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In rhyming text the reader is introduced to all the different kinds of boats floating on rivers, lakes, oceans, and ponds.
11) Trains run!
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal different kinds of trains, how they run, and the sounds they make.
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Six fictional characters, in cycles of linked poems, relate their memories of the historic day in 1963 when more than 250,000 people from across the United States joined together to march on Washington, D.C., calling for civil and economic rights for African Americans.
14) Trucks roll!
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal many different--and sometimes silly--items that trucks can haul.
15) Mother to tigers
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Tells the story of how Helen Frances Theresa Delaney Martini cared for baby zoo animals, started the first zoo nursery and became the first woman zookeeper at the Bronx Zoo.
16) Come a tide
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A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.
17) Book
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Swedish
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This poem compares a book to a house, a treasure chest, a farm, and a tree full of leaves.
18) Cecil's story
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A boy thinks about the possible scenarios that exist for him at home if his father goes off to fight in the Civil War.