collections

A collection of early American literature from colonial times to the end of the Civil War. Includes selections by Anne Bradstreet, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Emily Dickinson.

A poem of peace written to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.

The pushcart peddlers--Reunion-Jeffrey Sweet--The nightingale and not the lark--American welcome--(etc.).

Contains Lois Lowry's novel "Number the Stars" in which ten-year-old Annemarie, during the German occupation of Denmark in 1943, learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis; and includes seven related readings, including poems, autobiographies, and a biography.

Postage stamps from around the world help introduce the geography, way of life, folklore, and poetry of many countries.

An illustrated collection of poems by a variety of poets from around the world. Includes and index of titles and first lines.

Presents a selection of poems by fifty contemporary Asian American writers, and includes brief biographical information about each contributor.

A play anthology featuring works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that have won recognition in Europe and America.

Contains the "best" of "St. Nicholas," a magazine for boys and girls published at the turn of the century. Included stories, poems, and original illustrations.