poetry

"A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now"--Provided by publisher.

Presents an illustrated collection of thirty poems that explore the four elements.

"From bestselling, award-winning creators Ren?e Watson and Bryan Collier comes a ... picture book chronicling the life of poet and activist Maya Angelou"-- Provided by publisher.

"Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad--the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance"--OCLC.

"The friendly duck family, the mysterious water striders, and the busy beaver are a few of the many . . . animals included in this . . . poetic tribute to the lively ecosystem of a pond"--Dust jacket.

"Jason Reynolds. Jason Griffin. One a poet. One an artist. One Black. One white. Two voices. One journey. To move to New York, and make it in New York. Best friends willing to have a hard life if it meant a happy life. All they needed was a chance. A reissue of a memoir of a moment in time within a lifetime of friendship"--Provided by the publisher.

"In 1953, Ethel Rosenberg, a devoted wife and loving mother, faces the electric chair. People say she's a spy, a Communist, a traitor, a red. How did she get here? In a series of . . . poems, Ethel tells her story"--Provided by publisher.

Exploring space through haiku, this combination of poetic form and luminous artwork is accompanied by narrative explanations of wonders that are out of this world.

This memoir-in-verse tells about what it means to be an everyday activist and foot solider for racial justice, as Kathlyn recounts how she went from attending protests as a teenager to fighting as an adult for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday to become a national holiday.