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By Paul Chamberland. 1985
By Robert Desnos. 1998
By Raymond Lévesque. 1969
By Saint-Denys Garneau. 1972
By André Brochu. 2004
Comme un roulement de tonnerre, les poèmes d'André Brochu créent un univers festif qui ne nie pas les ombres. Au…
bruit du monde répond le fracas du poème. Dans la voix tendre et ironique d'André Brochu, passe le monde dans toutes ses tonalités. Prix du Gouverneur général (poésie), 2004.By Jacques Roubaud. 2004
By Richard De Bessonet. 1987
La poésie et le poète, comme la publication même de ce recueil, sont à la fois québécois et créoles, natif…
et métisse, un mélange de soleil et de neige, une collaboration entre le Québec et la Louisiane. Richard deBessonnet, enfant d'un père québécois et d'une mère louisianaise, est chez lui au Québec, mais il arrive aussi vers la fin de ce recueil à fouiller un peu dans ses tiroirs matriarcaux. 1987.By Margaret Atwood. 2005
For Penelope, wife of Odysseus, maintaining a kingdom while her husband fights in the Trojan War is not easy -…
already aggrieved by the shocking behaviour of her cousin Helen, she must bring up her wayward son, face down scandalous rumours, and keep over a hundred lusty, greedy and bloodthirsty suitors at bay. When Odysseus finally returns home and slaughters the suitors, he also brutally hangs Penelope's twelve beloved maids. What were his motives, and what was Penelope herself really up to? 2005.By Michel Garneau. 2002
On aime les excès du poète Michel Garneau. On aime ses débordements langagiers, ses appropriations merveilleuses, ses trouvailles fantastiques, sa…
désinvolture totale. On aime qu'il rappelle que "tout le monde est poète" et que "c'est l'anarchie qui règne en poésie". On aime le Garneau jouisseur, libre penseur entre les morts, qui célèbre sa venue au monde tous les jours, on aime le Garneau généreux qui offre son cur et ouvre sa porte à celui ou celle qui habite comme lui les saisons de l'amour, "louchant sur la beauté des choses". Il faut lire Michel Garneau dans le silence des matins douillets ou à voix haute, mais sans modération aucune. 2002.By Patrice Desbiens. 1995
By Steven Herrick. 2000
Billy runs away from an unhappy family situation to set up house in an abandoned freight car. The story is…
revealed in alternating verse, describing the innermost thoughts of the three main characters: 16-year-old Billy; Caitlin, the wealthy townie with whom he forms a bond; and Old Bill, the lawyer-turned-alcoholic hobo to whom Billy reaches out - and who gives Billy an astonishing gift in return. For senior high readers. 2004, c2000.By Émile Nelligan. 1966
By Gaston Miron. 1970
Recours poétiques et didactiques d'un poète "barde national" qui est aussi une légende. L'auteur de "L'homme rapaillé" considérait son écriture…
comme "non définitive" aussi longtemps que ne serait pas réglée le préalable question politique (l'indépendance). 1970.By Rina Lasnier. 1995
By Kwame Alexander. 2019
Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander brings you How to Read a Book, a poetic journey about the experience of reading. Find…
a tree-a black tupelo or dawn redwood will do-and plant yourself. (It's okay if you prefer a stoop, like Langston Hughes.) With these words, an adventure begins. Kwame Alexander's evocative poetry takes listeners on a sensory journey between the pages of a book.By Jasmine Warga. 2019
A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to…
the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven't quite prepared her for starting school in the US-and her new label of "Middle Eastern," an identity she's never known before. But this life also brings unexpected surprises-there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself.By Jack Prelutsky, Marjorie Priceman. 1993
Following the success of their first collaboration in Poems of A. Nonny Mouse (DB 31528), A. Nonny Mouse and Mr.…
Prelutsky have selected a new group of poems for your pleasure. These include poems about a kitten named Louie, a hippopotamus whose face is as big as his bottom, and the wizard of Oz. For grades K-3By Sharon Creech. 2016
This uplifting New York Times bestseller reminds us that if weA??re open to new experiences, life is full of surprises.…
Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon CreechA??s Love That Dog and Hate That Cat will love her newest tween novel, Moo. Following one familyA??s momentous move from the city to rural Maine, an unexpected bond develops between twelve-year-old Reena and one very ornery cow. When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesnA??t know what to expect. SheA??s ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents A??volunteerA? Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named EdnaA??and that stubborn cow, Zora. This heartwarming story, told in a blend of poetry and prose, reveals the bonds that emerge when we let others into our lives.By Marion Dane Bauer. 2018
In an astonishing unfurling of our universe, Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer and Caldecott Honor winner Ekua Holmes celebrate…
the birth of every child. Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was . . . nothing. But then . . . BANG! Stars caught fire and burned so long that they exploded, flinging stardust everywhere. And the ash of those stars turned into planets. Into our Earth. And into us. In a poetic text, Marion Dane Bauer takes readers from the trillionth of a second when our universe was born to the singularities that became each one of us.By Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess. 2017
New York Times bestseller! Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he'd give anything…
not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure, and tragedy, including the loss of his mother. The one true light is his girlfriend, Chapel, but her parents have forbidden their relationship, assuming Blade will become just like his father. In reality, the only thing Blade and Rutherford have in common is the music that lives inside them. And songwriting is all Blade has left after Rutherford, while drunk, crashes his high school graduation speech and effectively rips Chapel away forever. But when a long-held family secret comes to light, the music disappears. In its place is a letter, one that could bring Blade the freedom and love he's been searching for, or leave him feeling even more adrift. "A contemporary hero's journey, brilliantly told."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review "A rhythmic, impassioned ode to family, identity, and the history of rock and roll." -Booklist, starred review "Many readers will identify with Blade's struggle to find his place in a family where he feels like an outsider." -Publishers Weekly "The authentic character development and tone will strike a chord with young adults." -School Library Journal