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A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin.
In 1955 people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime
...5) Poetree
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"Illustrated picture book on the cycle of life including acrostic poetry that introduces young readers to the changing seasons, rhythms of nature and the natural world, animals and environment presented by award-winning illustrator using traditional drawing and painting with digital images."-- Provided by publisher.
10) The moon
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2006
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[32] p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 28 cm.
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Pictures of a father and child out in the moonlight illustrate Stevenson's poem from A child's garden of verses.
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It's Christmastime in Alaska, and Santa is preparing for another winter ride with his sackful of toys and his magical team of flying caribou. But one caribou named Kotz is tired of all the stories about Rudolph and reindeer pulling the sleigh. He alerts the press across the world, determined to get noticed by the media. However, when Santa stops for a rest at a zoo, Kotz meets Star, a reindeer who understands the true meaning of Christmas.With Santa's...
15) National Geographic book of animal poetry: 200 poems with photographs that squeak, soar, and roar!
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c2012
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183 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Combines photography with lyrical text celebrating the animal world, in a compilation that includes works by such poets as Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and Rudyard Kipling.
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Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance. When this book begins, the trombone is playing all by itself. But soon a trumpet makes a duet, a French horn a trio, and so on until the entire orchestra is assembled on stage. Written in elegant and rhythmic verse and illustrated with playful and flowing artwork, this unique counting book is the perfect introduction to musical groups. Readers of all ages are sure to shout "Encore!"...




