Summary: For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CALWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC WEASummary: "In Tales of Two Americas, some of the literary world's most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that touches so many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 TALAlexander, Kwame
Summary: "From this first stanza, readers are invited to pay attention--and to see that paying attention itself is poetry. Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido's playful text and Melissa Sweet's dynamic, inventive artwork are paired together to encourage readers to listen, feel, and discover the words that dance in the world around them--poems just waiting to be written down."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ALELindbergh, Reeve.
Summary: Secrets of the dark are revealed in this poem describing a farm at midnight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Pied Piper 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LINGrimes, Nikki.
Summary: A group of high school students grow in understanding of each other's challenges and forge unexpected connections as they prepare for a boys vs. girls poetry slam.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GRISummary: Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Poetry HeaneySummary: Children learn about the the human skeleton. Other stories add to the collection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2008
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Summary: An illustrated version of the well-known poem about a wily spider who preys on the vanity and innocence of a little fly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOWMoore, Clement Clarke
Summary: Santa and his reindeer make their Christmas eve visit to the world's children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Racehorse for Young Readers, a pending trademark of Skyhorse Publishing 2017
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE MOOCooper, Susan
Summary: "A celebration of the winter solstice and the Yuletide season. As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Cooper 2019Grimes, Nikki.
Summary: A poetic story inspired by Psalm 121. Jordan lives in fear of Tanya, the class bully. But Tanya has worries of her own, no matter how much she tries to ignore them. It seems impossible that Jordan and Tanya could be anything other than enemies, but the Lord is watching over them, guiding each of them along a path that might just help them to understand one another.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2017
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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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Summary: Presents a collection of stories and poems celebrating the world of rabbits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROField, Eugene
Summary: A classic lullaby poem about three fishermen who try to catch the stars in nets of silver and gold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FieldKatz, Susan.
Summary: A young boy acquires his first pet, a guinea pig named Theodore, and learns what Theodore likes to eat, what things scare him, the sounds he makes, how he likes to play, and where he likes to hide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.6 KATTyler, Michael.
Summary: Rhyming text and illustrations celebrate being content with the skin in which one lives, whatever that skin might be. With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Children's Museum 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TYLFussner, Kate
Summary: "Love at first sight isn't a myth. For seventh graders Olivia and Eden, it's fate. Olivia is a capital-P Poet, and Eden thinks she wants to be a musician one day, but for now she's just the new girl. And then Eden shows up to Poetry Club and everything changes. Eden isn't out, and she has rules for dating Olivia: don't call. Don't tell her friends. And don't let anyone know they're together....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FUSMacLachlan, Patricia
Summary: "A little girl wants to write poetry. One sumer day, she explores a town on Cape Cod, along with the poet who lives nearby. Inspired by the life and craft of Mary Oliver."--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: Following the unexpected death of her father, eighteen-year-old Layken is forced to be the rock for both her mother and her younger brother. Outwardly, she appears resilient and tenacious, but inwardly, she's losing hope. One young man brings change to all of this. After moving across the country, Layken meets her attractive twenty-one-year-old neighbor who has an intriguing passion for slams....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2012
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Summary: Katie and her friends explore writing different kinds of poetry about themselves and their surroundings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2014