American poetry
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Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems
$11.95PaperbackRead morePura Belpr? Author Award Honor – American Library Association (ALA)
Bilingual English/Spanish. In their final collection of seasonal poetry, poet Francisco X. Alarc?n and artist Maya Christina Gonzalez
- Series: Cycle of Seasons
- Author: Alarcón, Francisco X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0892392029
- Language: Spanish
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Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems
$9.99PaperbackRead moreThe ups and downs of the middle school experience are explored in these poems by award-winning poet Kristine O’Connell George
“Engaging.” —The Bulletin “Sweet and on key.” —Booklist “From humorou- Author: George, Kristine O’Connell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1328900185
- Language: English
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Friendship Poems
$20.00HardcoverAdd to cart- Series: Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets
- Author: Washington, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 10 1995
- ISBN10: 0679443703
- Language: English
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By: Fogliano, Julie
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
$19.99HardcoverRead moredecember 29
Flowers blooming in sheets of snow make way for happy frogs dancing in the rain. Sum
and i woke to a morning
that was quiet and white
the first snow
(just like magic) came on tip toes
overnight- Author: Fogliano, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1596438525
- Language: English
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A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
$8.99PaperbackAdd to cart“These aren’t poems to read aloud, but to look at and laugh at together, with young children and especially older readers, who will enjoy the surprise of what words look like and what can be done with… [more below]
- Author: Janeczko, Paul B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 03 2005
- ISBN10: 0763623768
- Language: English
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By: Smith, Danez
Black Movie
$12.00PaperbackRead more2014 Button Poetry Prize Winner
“These harrowing poems make montage, make mirrors, make elegiac biopic, make ‘a dope ass trailer with a hundred black children / smiling into the camera & the last shot… [more below]
- Series: Button Poetry Contest Winner #3
- Author: Smith, Danez
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: July 01 2015
- ISBN10: 194373500X
- Language: English
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By: Hughes, Langston
That Is My Dream!: A Picture Book of Langston Hughes’s Dream Variation
$18.99HardcoverAdd to cart“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 Miyare… [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Langston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0399550178
- Language: English
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By: Grady, Cynthia
I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
$10.99PaperbackRead moreA moving, memorable poetry collection shaped around the stories of enslaved people in America.
- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Nonfiction Honor List
- Bank Street College Best Children’s Books
- NCSS Notable
- Author: Grady, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0802856144
- Language: English
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Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States
$24.99HardcoverRead moreRed Hot Salsa is an extraordinary collection of bilingual poems from the bestselling editor of Cool Salsa
i want to go back to puerto rico,
i think in spanish
i write in english
but i wonder if my kink- Author: Carlson, Lori Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0805076166
- Language: Spanish
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By: Sidman, Joyce
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
$19.99HardcoverRead moreA 2006 Caldecott Honor Book
From spring’s first thaw to autumn’s chill, the world of the pond is a dramatic place. Though seemingly quiet, ponds are teeming with life and full of surprises. Their de- Author: Sidman, Joyce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 04 2005
- ISBN10: 0618135472
- Language: English
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By: Prelutsky, Jack
The Dragons Are Singing Tonight
$9.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom beloved children’s poet Jack Prelutsky and acclaimed illustrator Peter Sis comes a fierce, fanciful series of poems all about dragons: dragons fierce and dragons friendly; dragons’ lairs and drag
- Author: Prelutsky, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 27 1998
- ISBN10: 0688161626
- Language: English
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A Treatise on Stars
$17.95PaperbackRead moreA Treatise on Stars extends Mei-mei Berssenbrugge’s intensely phenomenological poetics to the fiery bodies in a “field of heaven…outside spacetime.” Long, lyrical lines map a geography of interconne… [more below]
- Author: Berssenbrugge, Mei-Mei
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 0811229386
- Language: English
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By: Hilborn, Neil
Our Numbered Days
$16.00PaperbackAdd to cart“When you’re dumb enough for long enough, you’re gonna meet someone too smart to love you, and they’re gonna love you anyway, and it’s gonna go so poorly,” Neil Hilborn writes in his debut full-length… [more below]
- Series: Button Poetry #1
- Author: Hilborn, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: April 01 2015
- ISBN10: 989641562
- Language: English
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By: Snyder, Gary
Gary Snyder: Collected Poems (Loa #357)
$45.00HardcoverRead more- Author: Snyder, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1000
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1598537210
- Language: English
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By: Whitman, Walt
Leaves of Grass
$6.95Mass Market PaperboundRead moreOne of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. Leaves Of Grass is his one book. First publis… [more below]
- Series: Bantam Classics
- Author: Whitman, Walt
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: June 01 1983
- ISBN10: 0553211161
- Language: English
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A Light in the Attic Book and CD [With CD]
$23.99HardcoverRead moreShel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic is now available in a special edition containing the classic hardcover book and a CD of highlights from his Grammy Award-winning album.
From New York Times bests
- Author: Silverstein, Shel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 09 2001
- ISBN10: 0066236177
- Language: English
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By: Sabuda, Robert
America the Beautiful: America the Beautiful
$39.99HardcoverAdd to cartMaster paper engineer Robert Sabuda has interpreted the classic American anthem “America the Beautiful” in dazzling dimension. From the Golden Gate Bridge to Mount Rushmore to the Statue of Liberty, A… [more below]
- Series: Classic Collectible Pop-Up
- Author: Sabuda, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 16
- Publish Date: October 19 2004
- ISBN10: 0689847440
- Language: English
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By: Sesame Workshop
Twas the Night Before Christmas on Sesame Street
$10.99HardcoverRead moreJingle all the way with Sesame Street in this delightful retelling of the classic ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas story for kids!
Share in the magic of the holiday in this picture book for toddlers an
- Series: Sesame Street Scribbles Cookie Monster
- Author: Sesame Workshop
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1402297408
- Language: English
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By: Robert Frost
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost: Volume 1
$8.99PaperbackRead moreUse all your senses–not just your eyes–when you read Robert Frost’s remarkable poems. Your own world will quickly melt away as Frost draws you into winter wonderlands, forests, and fields. More than… [more below]
- Series: Poetry for Young People #1
- Author: Frost, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1402754752
- Language: English
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By: Frost, Helen
Wait and See
$18.99HardcoverRead moreLongtime collaborators Helen Frost and Rick Lieder team up for a breathtakingly beautiful glimpse at the praying mantis–and entice us to take the time to open our eyes to the world in front of us.
Th- Series: Step Gently, Look Closely
- Author: Frost, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1536216313
- Language: English






