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Garvey novels (Nikki Grimes) volume 2
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English
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"Capturing the shock and reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic through poetry, as Garvey's life goes into lockdown and his father becomes sick, Garvey must find a way to use his newfound musical skills to bring hope to both his father and himself"--
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English
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"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...
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English
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Geoffrey Chaucer's fourteenth-century masterpiece The Canterbury Tales is such a rollicking good read that you'll forget many critics and scholars also regard it as one of the most important literary works in English. A group of pilgrims are traveling together to visit a holy shrine at the Canterbury Cathedral. Along the way, they decide to hold a storytelling contest to pass the time, with the winner to be awarded a lavish feast on the
...11) The spirit level
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
In this collection, as ever with Heaney, personal memory and humble domestic objects -- a whitewash brush, a sofa, a swing -- are endowed with talismanic significance, and throughout the collection he addresses his growing concerns, which inevitably include the political situation in his native Northern Ireland, in a poetry that never ceases to be fluid, alert, and completely truthful.
14) Ramadan moon
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Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Celebrates Ramadan and Eid, marking the fasting, good deeds, prayer, and gatherings of the month-long holiday with the changing phases of the moon.
18) Sky magic: poems
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of poems that celebrates the Sun, the Moon, and the stars by such poets as Ann Whitford Paul, Avis Harley, and Carl Sandburg.
19) The prophet
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Series
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1923
Language
English
Description
Prose poetry teachings of the prophet Almustafa who speaks to the listener about life, love, good and evil, religion, and death.
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Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"In this poetry debut, the first collection from any Gazan poet to be published in English, Mosab Abu Toha writes directly from the experience of growing up and living one's entire life in Gaza, the world's largest open-air prison camp. These poems emerge from Mosab's life under siege, first as a child, and then as a young father. A survivor of four brutal military attacks, he bears witness to a grinding cycle of destruction and assault, and yet,...
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