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2) The diggers
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Verses describe the holes that a mole, dog, worm, and rabbit dig, but none can compare with the work of a man and his steam shovel.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"A funny, over-the-top new spin on the classic Christmas poem! A hysterical new version of "The Night Before Christmas"! David Ercolini's over-the-top illustrations will have readers saying, "Ho! Ho! Ho!" Creatures of all shapes and all sizes will be stirring with laughter in this overly decked out, Christmas-splendored illustrated picture book! Ercolini breathes new life into an unrivaled classic with his vibrant illustrations featuring fun, accessible...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
One of the astonishing aspects of [Oliver's] work is the consistency of tone over this long period. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets. ... These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward
11) The undefeated
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Language
English
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Description
"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree"--
13) In the sea
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Collects poems describing the many creatures living in the sea, from the sea horse to the blue whale.
Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
This collection includes all of the works from Harrison's eight previous volumes of poetry, including the renowned "Letters to Yesenin, The Theory and Practice of Rivers", and "After Ikkyu", together with new poems. 6 line drawings.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
""Mary Oliver moves by instinct, faith, and determination. She is among our finest poets, and still growing."-Alicia Ostriker, The Nation" ""Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations."-Stanley Kunitz" ""One would have to reach back perhaps to [John] Clare or Christopher Smart to safely cite a parallel...
17) Winter poems
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
A collection of winter poems ranging from late fall to early spring, by such authors as Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, and Wallace Stevens.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Combining Grace Paley's four previous collections and new unpublished work, this work traces the career of this direct, attentive, never predictable poet. Whether she describes the vicissitudes and pleasures of life in New York City or the hard beauty of her adoptive rural Vermont, whether she celebrates the blessings of friendship or protests against social injustice, her poems brim with the compassion and tough good humor that have made her stories...
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