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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"In an intimate and non-traditional (or "new-fashioned") memoir, Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other, and for him. He explores his own relationships—his difficulties as a newly wedded, 22-year-old father, and the precariousness of his early...
1549) Langston Hughes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the poet who spent his career writing about the experiences of African Americans, interspersed with examples of his work.
1550) This amazing world
Pub. Date
2002
Description
A collection of poems expressing thanks and admiration for the world around us.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Robert Frost observed in his wife, Elinor, a desire to live "a life that goes rather poetically." The same could be said of many members of the Frost family, over several generations. InYou Come Too, Frosts granddaughter, Lesley Lee Francis, combines priceless personal memories and rigorous research to create a portrait of Frost and the women, including herself, whose lives he touched. Francis provides a vivid picture of Frost the family man, revealing...
1553) Johnny Appleseed
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A poem describing Johnny Appleseed's appearance and actions.
Author
Description
Poetry and prose that describes using aikido principles, humor, a positive attitude, and grit to live with the multiple challenges of glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. This book is intended to be helpful to anyone facing life challenges, whether they be serious and life threatening or day-to-day.
1555) Spinster Goose
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
For children that are simply too naughty for Mother Goose to handle, her sister Spinster Goose knows just how to deal with these uncouth urchins. Fans of Mother Goose are sure to delight in these devilishly twisted alternatives to classic rhymes.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village.
1560) Marianne Moore
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the life of the American poet and presents some of her poems.