juvenile poetry

Examines the events and people that have shaped America, providing portraits of figures such as Chief Tecumseh, President Abraham Lincoln, and musician Jimi Hendrix, and featuring lyrical, free-verse poetic text.

A collection of rhymes, both original and traditional, that evoke the rhythms and language of the Caribbean.

A collection of illustrated poems about events and beliefs involving the full moon.

A collection of poems, presented in English and Spanish, in which the speakers are animals found in the Iguazu? National Park.

A collection of poems and lyrics from several songs provides a look at the United States, from colonial times to the present.

Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village.

A collection of poems in which Francisco Alarcon revisits and celebrates his childhood memories of summers, Mexico, and nature. Presented in English and Spanish.

A collection of poems in which Rosa, a healer, describes her experiences trying to help Cuban peasants who have been forced to leave their farms and villages in 1896 and given eight days to find their way to "reconcentration camps" or be killed.

An edition of the nineteenth-century poem that was later set to music, illustrated by a noted American artist.

A collection of American poetry celebrates over 200 years of American life and history as illustrated by fine art from the collection of the National Museum of American Art.