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Witness
By Karen Hesse. 2001
Vermont, 1924. A series of poems expresses the views of eleven people, including a young black girl and a young…
Jewish girl, when the Ku Klux Klan tries to infiltrate the town. For grades 6-9. 2001. For grades 6-9. 2001My America: a poetry atlas of the United States
By Lee Bennett Hopkins, Stephen Alcorn. 2000
Collection of poems depicting the ever-changing landscape of the United States, its people, and its natural wonders. Hopkins divides the…
country into seven unique regions, plus Washington, D.C. He also provides interesting facts about each state and the District of Columbia. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2000The Broadview anthology of Victorian poetry and poetic theory (Broadview anthologies of English literature)
By Percy Bysshe Shelley, Stephen C. Behrendt. 2000
Large selection of poems from major nineteenth-century English poets, including women; representative pieces from lesser-known poets; and essays on poetic…
theory. Among those presented, in roughly chronological order, are: Hemans, Landon, the Brownings, Tennyson, Lear, Brontë, Arnold, the Rossettis, Swinburne, Hardy, Hopkins, Field, Meynell, Wilde, Kipling, Johnson, and Mew. 2000The space between our footsteps: poems and paintings from the Middle East
By Naomi Shihab Nye. 1998
Anthology of more than one hundred twentieth-century poems from twenty countries, some written in English and many translated into free…
verse. Subjects include affection for children and family, patriotic feelings, and grief over exile. Contains brief biographical notes on the contributors. For junior and senior high readers. 1998Eugene Onegin: a novel in verse (Bollingen Ser. #114)
By Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, Aleksandr Pushkin, Vladimir Nabokov. 1990
Recounts a tale of unrequited love by the romantic young Tatiana for the disillusioned Russian aristocrat Eugene. Years later it…
is Eugene who beseeches Tatiana for love, but she remains dutiful to her marriage vows. Basis for Tchaikovsky's opera. Translated by Vladimir Nabokov from the original 1833 publication by Pushkin. 1964The mouse of Amherst: A Tale of Young Readers
By Elizabeth Spires, Claire A. Nivola. 1999
Marlfox
By Brian Jacques, Lois Duncan, Meg Michele Cundiff. 1998
Redwall Abbey is attacked by the Marlfoxes who plunder a wondrous tapestry for their mother, Queen Silth. Young squirrels Dann…
and Song and the shrew Dippler are joined by the watervole Burble in their perilous quest to return the wall-hanging to its proper place. Companion to Redwall (DB 29729). For grades 5-8Alli donde el mar recuerda: una novela
By Sandra Benítez, Sandra Benitez. 1996
Candelario is pleased with his promotion to salad-maker in Santiago, Mexico. When he learns that his wife's young sister, Marta,…
was raped and is planning an abortion, he grandly offers to adopt the baby. But when Candelario loses his job and his wife becomes pregnant, he reneges on his promise. Spanish language. 1996Ya llegan los reyes magos!
By Georgina Lázaro León, Georgina Lazaro, Morella Fuenmayor. 2001
A small boy helps make preparations for the arrival of the Magi, who bring Christmas gifts. He writes a letter…
to the Magi, celebrates with his family, goes to bed early, and gets up the next day to find wonderful gifts. Told in verse. For grades K-3. Spanish language. 2001Sign of the dove: The Exciting Sequel to Dragon's Milk
By Susan Fletcher. 1996
As the last of the dragon eggs that were laid long ago begin to hatch, Lyf becomes a reluctant friend…
who tries to save both the dragon mothers and their newly born children from their enemies. Sequel to Dragon's Milk (RC 36623). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1996Today I feel silly & other moods that make my day
By Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell. 1998
Cricket never does: a collection of haiku and tanka
By Myra Cohn Livingston, Kees De Kiefte. 1997
The old man who loved cheese
By Garrison Keillor, Anne Wilsdorf. 1996
Some men love money or fame, but Wallace P. Flynn chooses cheese. Unfortunately he likes the smelliest kinds of cheese,…
which are so offensive his family leaves him. When the cheese police finally arrest Mr. Flynn, he must choose between his cheese and freedom. For grades 2-4Halloween party
By Linda Shute. 1994
A mother and son put the finishing touches on their Halloween costumes and head to the neighborhood party where the…
decorations feature buckets of worms and bowls of slime, and the guests include monsters, wizards, and wombats. For grades K-3The Odyssey
By Homer, Robert Fitzgerald. 1961
A Greek epic poem attributed to Homer recounts the adventures of Odysseus during his ten-year journey home to Ithaca after…
the Trojan War. This translation by Robert Fitzgerald won the 1961 Bollingen Award for the best translation of a poem into EnglishThe best of O. Henry (Courage classics)
By O Henry, O. Henry. 1992
Twenty-six short stories, originally published in the New York World newspaper, about city life in the early 1900s. Includes such…
well-known tales as "Gift of the Magi" and less familiar ones, such as "Memories of a Yellow Dog." While their themes vary, the stories share O. Henry's incisive humor, irony, and pathosMy many colored days
By Seuss, Dr Seuss. 1996
A rhyming tale in which a child describes his moods on different days. "Some days are yellow. Some are blue."…
The child feels different on different days, but always goes back to being himself. For preschool-grade 2 and older readersTwo cool cows
By Toby Speed, Barry Root. 1995
Maude and Millie are two cool cows from the Huckabuck Farm. One night they borrow the black button-back boots of…
the Huckabuck kids and fly off to the moon where the grass is greener for the cows to munch, by the bunch, for their lunch. For grades K-3A Caribbean dozen: poems from Caribbean poets
By Grace Nicholas, John Agard, Grace Nichols, Cathie Felstead. 1994
Collection of more than fifty poems from a "Caribbean dozen" of thirteen poets. The verses cover local themes such as…
market day, the coming of a hurricane, the shining sun, and a cat who can fly. Each poet offers a glimpse into a tropical childhood, and a brief biography is included for each. For grades 2-4Wagons west!
By Roy Gerrard. 1996
Back in 1850, many Americans worked hard to make a living from the barren soil. When Buckskin Dan arrives in…
town with tales of rich green land in Oregon, a young girl and her family, along with their neighbors, set out for a long journey to a new home with Buckskin Dan as their guide. For grades 2-4