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National Poetry Month 2024: Teens
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
OBD Pura Belpré Award - YOUTH
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
OBD Pura Belpré Award - YOUTH
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A collection of poems in which Rosa, a healer, describes her experiences trying to help Cuban peasants who have been forced to leave their farms and villages in 1896 and given eight days to find their way to "reconcentration camps" or be killed.
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Juan Francisco Manzano was born in 1797 into the household of wealthy slaveowners in Cuba. He spent his early years at the side of his owner's wife, entertaining her friends. His poetry was his outlet, reflecting the beauty and cruelty of his world. Written in verse.
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Have you ever encountered an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, or a witch in a hardware store? Have you ever sat with a skunk in a courtroom, shopped for a dinosaur, or conversed with a Bupple, a Wosstrus, a Violinnet, or a Celloon? You will have, once you've read this collection of poems.
10) Science verse
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When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
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Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
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Sijo is a traditional Korean form of poetry. Sijo is syllabic, like Japanese haiku, with three lines of 14 to 16 syllables each: the first two introduce the topic, the third and fourth lines develop it, and the fifth and sixth lines contain an unexpected humorous or ironic twist. This collection contains 26 sijo.
14) Think again
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"This collection of quietly beautiful and surprisingly humorous short poems reveals first love's uncertainties, frustrations and joys. Whether describing two people meeting or the misunderstandings and revelations that follow, these poems and the evocative illustrations that accompany them will give readers every reason to think ... and think again"--Dust jacket.
19) Guess again!
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For each round of guessing, readers are presented with a page of illustrations opposite a rhyming quatrain. The unexpected conclusion of the verse's final line is revealed on the next page.
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This bilingual, bicultural book presents us with a beautiful vision of a planet in which nature, words and the rising and setting of the sun and the moon exist in harmony.
Sumario en español: Este libro, bilingüe y bicultural, nos presenta el hermoso panorama de un planeta en el cual la naturaleza, las palabras, y la salida y puesta del sol y la luna coexisten en armonía.
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