juvenile poetry

A series of poems written from the point of view of the poet Langston Hughes, offering an overview of key events and themes in his life.

A poetic celebration of Magic Johnson and his quicksilver moments of triumph on the basketball court.

A portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797.

Poems by J. Patrick Lewis, illustrations by Gary Kelley, and his own lyrics help chronicle the life and career of jazz musician Robert Johnson.

The famous narrative poem recreating Paul Revere's midnight ride in 1775 to warn the people of the Boston countryside that the British were coming.

A collection of fourteen poems inspired by Saint-Sa?ns' "Zoological Fantasy," accompanied by a fifty-five-minute CD featuring a reading of the poems and music performed by the Apollo Chamber Players.

Set in a Carribean background, Mary sings to Jesus on his birthday about the events that surrounded his birth.

Collects twenty-three poems by Elizabeth Spires, in which she examines and describes the stone carvings sculpted by William Edmondson; and includes black-and-white photographs and four additional poems by Edmondson.

A poem eulogizing the Mexican American labor activist Cesar Chavez and his work helping organize migrant farm workers.

Retells in poetry the daring adventures of the explorer who was the first Englishman to sail around the world; helped to defeat the Spanish Armada; and who, encouraged by Queen Elizabeth I, was a feared pirate in his time.