poetry

"[The author] narrates Henry Brown's story of how he came to ship himself in a box from slavery to freedom. Told in stanzas of six lines each, each line representing one side of a box, and augmented with historical records and excerpts from Henry Brown's own writing"--Provided by publisher.

A treasury of sixteen poems highlights the jobs and personalities of an assortment of vehicles from an ambulance to a snowplow.

"This warm and engaging poetry collection that follows a family of five as they discover and celebrate all of the Jewish holidays"-- Provided by publisher.

Matt Tavares illustrates Clement Clarke Moore's familiar poem about a well-known Christmas Eve visitor.

"These 101 stories and 12 poems, written by and for Black women, cover it all--from fierce to funny--about hopes and dreams, fears and realities, identity and self-discovery, family, children, even hair. Each one starts with a quote connecting you to a wellspring of wisdom from historical and contemporary Black women"--Back cover.

"This collection of poems is an act of remembrance of a speaker looking back on a community of Mexican-American boys who are grappling with the impulse to assimilate while at the same time trying to create something new for themselves through graffiti"--Provided by publisher.

Presents an illustrated version of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven.".

Hilarious, heart-breaking, and perfectly pitched, these carefully researched poems about historical women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine will bring you to both laughter and outrage in just a few lines. A wickedly funny, feminist take on the lives and work of women who resisted their parents, their governments, the rules and conventions of their times, and sometimes situations as insidious as a lack of a women's bathroom in a college science building.

"A . . . collection of poems that will take kids on a journey to discover their own identities, find inner strength, and learn to love themselves--and one another. Filled with . . . simple poems and . . . illustrations, all kids will be able to find a piece of themselves reflected within the pages of this book."--Provided by publisher.

A young boy, bored with his video games, decides to make a black bean soup.