Herrera, Juan Felipe
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG HERHood, Susan
Summary: "An inspirational nonfiction novel-in-verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna, whose phenomenal piano-playing skills saved her life and the life of her sister, Frina, during the Holocaust-from award-winning author Susan Hood, with Zhanna's son, Greg Dawson"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARSLeón, Amyra
Summary: The author takes readers on a poetic journey through her childhood in Harlem. León explores love and loss, melody and bloodshed as she navigates the intricacies of foster care, mourning, self-love, and resilience. She invites readers to dream with abandon-- because it is a privilege to dream at all. -- adapted from front flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 811 LEOLewis, J. Patrick
Summary: The powerful poems in this poignant collection weave together multiple voices to tell the story of the March on Washington, DC, in 1963. From the woman singing through a terrifying bus ride to DC, to the teenager who came partly because his father told him, "Don't you dare go to that march," to the young child riding above the crowd on her father's shoulders, each voice brings a unique...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WordSong, an imprint of Highlights 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 LEWKooser, Ted
Summary: "A freewheeling romp through the world of imagery and metaphor, this quietly startling collection of thirty poems, framed by the four elements, is about art and reality, fact and fancy. Look around: what do you see? A clown balancing a pie in a tree, or an empty nest perched on a leafless branch? As poet Connie Wanek alludes to in her afterword--a lively dialogue with former US Poet Laureate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: "A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout. In stunning verse and vivid use of white space, Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement-from the well-documented events that shaped the nation's treatment of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323.1196 MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 323.1196 MARPerkins, Useni Eugene
Summary: Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins. Hey black child, Do you know who you are? Who really are? Do you know you can be, What you want to be, If you try to be What you can be? This lyrical, empowering poem celebrates black children and seeks to inspire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG PERAda, Alma Flor
Summary: Simple poems and glorious paintings offer a deeply moving portrait of migrant Chicano farmworker families at work and play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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Summary: "Empower young readers to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring picture book brings together a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson and Nina Crews's distinctive photocollage illustrations to celebrate girls of color" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHMoore, Clement Clarke
Summary: Award-winning illustrator Charles Santore perfectly captures the delight of Santa's wondrous visit with unforgettable images that are sure to enchant young believers--and older ones--for Christmas Eves to come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applesauce Press, an imprint of Cider Mill Press Book Publishers 2011
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE BOARD MOOHughes, Langston
Summary: "Dream Variation," one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book stunningly illustrated by Daniel Miyares...An African-American boy faces the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice, but he dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Hughes 2017Mora, Pat
Summary: "An inspiring collection of the author's own glorious poems celebrating a love of words and all the ways we use and interact with them: reading, speaking, writing, singing, and storytelling. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used in the poems"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 MORElliott, David
Summary: Chronologically organized by epoch, this poetic introduction to the dinosaur world illuminates a host of creatures both novel and familiar, ranging from the mysterious trilobite to the famed Tyrannosaurus rex. Includes dinosaur facts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 ELLBruchac, Joseph
Summary: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRUWolf, Allan
Summary: Learn vital processes and procedures about gardening through different types of poetry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 WOLFlorian, Douglas
Summary: A collection of poems celebrating animals, from weasels to hammerhead sharks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 FLOPerry, Andrea
Summary: Short poems describe crazy inventions, like footsie floss, an upside-down lens for bats, and a super spider spotter for Miss Muffet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Poetry PerryCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PEREsbensen, Barbara Juster.
Summary: A collection of poems that celebrates the seasons, with illustrations for each season by a different Minnesota artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.54 ESBSummary: Experience the great diversity of America on a trip through each of the 50 states and the many cultures, traditions, histories, and passions that define us. Taste sweet blueberries and baked beans in New England, hear the bustle of city music and the call of market vendors in the Mid-Atlantic, and watch the sunrise over gentle ridges and silent swamps in the Southeast. Attend city parades and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 POESummary: Inventions can be big, like roller coasters, or small, like crayons. And inventors can be scientists or athletes or even boys and girls! It's hard to imagine life without Popsicles, basketball, or Band-Aids, but they all started with just one person and a little imagination. With sixteen original poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Julia Sarcone-Roach's imaginative artwork, Incredible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J811 HOPGreenfield, Eloise
Summary: Through historical information, poems, illustrations, and photographs, the author shows the ways in which African American midwives have helped families over the course of hundreds of years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alazar Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 618.2 GRESmith, Danna
Summary: "Each haiku in this lift-the-flap board book will have readers guessing the animal it describes--with the answer revealed under a flap on each page! With lovely text, sweet illustrations, and cute creatures, this lyrical and interactive book is a joy to read!"-- provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Scuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Prelutsky, Jack
Summary: Sixteen extraordinary imagined creatures inhabit the pages of this unique, inspired, humorous picture book ideal for sharing together, and for reading again and again. Jack Prelutsky reinvents many familiar and beloved animals by combining inanimate objects with them (so, for example, a pair of pants and an anteater become a panteater). Carin Berger's illustrations are showstoppers. Her shadow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018