Search Results: Returned 17 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 17
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1999, c1995., Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press Call No: 811 .54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Autobiographical poems capture a thirteen-year-old boy's feelings, experiences, and aspirations in one tumultuous year of his life.
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c1995., Juvenile, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press Call No: 92 HOPKINS Middle School Library Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Autobiographical poems capture a thirteen-year-old boy's feelings, experiences, and aspirations in one tumultuous year of his life.
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2000, c1994., Juvenile, Scholastic Call No: B KEY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An account of the writing of the "Star-Spangled Banner," detailing how Key was actually behind enemy lines at the time seeking release of a captured friend from the British, who would not allow their departure until the bombardment of Baltimore was completed.
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-- "Beauty in words"[2010]., Adolescent, Enslow Publishers Call No: 811 BUC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Poetry rocks!Summary Note: Contains biographical profiles of eleven early American poets, including Anne Bradstreet, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Emily Dickinson, and includes examples and analyses of their writing.
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c2007., Mitchell Lane Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: A Robbie Reader.Summary Note: Presents a brief biography of Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words to America's national anthem.
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2018., Primary, Candlewick Press Call No: 811 .6 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this place in life.
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2017., Pre-adolescent, Bloomsbury Call No: HI-INT 811 GRI Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Moved by the evocative verse of legendary writers of the Harlem Renaissance, Nikki Grimes has composed gorgeous new poetry with timely themes for today, creating wholly original poems based on the works of master poets like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Jean Toomer, and others.
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[2019]., Juvenile, Wordsong, an imprint of Highlights Call No: HI-INT B GRI Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night - and discovered the magic and impact of writing. For many years, Nikki's notebooks were her most enduing companions. In this accessible and inspiring memoir that will resonate with young readers and adults alike, Nikki shows how the power of those words helped her conquer the hazards - ordinary and extraordinary - of her life"--Amazon.
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2017., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: 808.1 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.
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[2017]., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: 811 ALE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)WorldCat Link Summary Note: Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.
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2017., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: 811 .6 ALE Edition: 1st ed. 2017. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Text and illustrations present twenty poems that look at well-known poets from around the world.
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2006, Adolescent, Henry Holt Call No: 811 .54 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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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-- Juan Francisco Manzano2006., Pre-adolescent, Henry Holt Call No: 861 .5 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: A portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797.
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-- Remarkable story of George Moses HortonBy Tate, Don2015., Pre-adolescent, Peachtree Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As a boy, George Moses Horton taught himself to read, and "words loosened the chains of bondage." During six decades of enslavement, he became a poet and the first African American published in the South.
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[2018], Adolescent, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: REALISTIC F ACE Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems.
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[2018], Adolescent, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: SET F ACE Edition: First edition. Availability:8 of 8 At Location(s) Summary Note: Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems.
