children's writings

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children's writings

Our mom has cancer

2001
Two sisters, ages eleven and thirteen, describe what it was like for them when their mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery and chemotherapy.

Home is where your family is

1994
During the journey from Poland to America, a young girl realizes that although she is leaving one home, she will find another as long as she is with her family.

Journey through Heartsongs

2001
A second collection of poems in which Mattie Stepanek, a young boy who suffers from a rare form of muscular dystrophy, shares his insights on life and death, faith, hope, love, loss, innocence, and joy.

Heartsongs

2001
A collection of poetry in which Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek reflects on what it is like to live with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and the grief associated with losing three of his siblings to the same condition.

I never saw another butterfly

children's drawings and poems from Terez?n Concentration Camp, 1942-1944
1993
A selection of children's poems and drawings reflecting their surroundings in Terez?n Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia from 1942 to 1944.

Becoming American

young people in the American Revolution
1993
Includes letters, diaries, and journals of twenty young people from all walks of life, reflecting their experiences in the pivotal period in American history from 1767 to 1789.

Kids' poems

teaching second graders to love writing poetry
2000
Presents an instructional plan educators may use to teach second graders how to write free-verse poetry; and includes a selection of student poems.

Salcott, the Indian boy

1990
Salcott must prove his maturity and bravery by spearing Bear of No Water through the heart.

A million visions of peace

wisdom from the friends of Old Turtle
1996
Children and adults express their wish for a peaceful world.

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