juvenile poetry

Accompanied by artwork, this collection of more than 100 poems from Jane Yolen celebrates childhood, showing just how wonderful it is to be a kid.

"Author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a compelling and moving memoir in verse"--OCLC.

"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.

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

Illustrates the famous poem about an unexpected encounter with Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.

"Moses, General Tubman, Minty, Araminta, the woman we know today as Harriet Tubman went by many names. Each represented one of her many roles as a spy, as a liberator, as a suffragist, and more."--Provided by publisher.

"It's the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature is stirring.... Then a mysterious noise wakes Olaf"--Provided by publisher.

"Moses, General Tubman, Minty, Araminta, the woman we know today as Harriet Tubman went by many names. Each represented one of her many roles as a spy, as a liberator, as a suffragist, and more."--Provided by publisher.

The author's poetry looks back at growing up in Harlem.