Adoff, Arnold

Lyrical text explores how Blues have been part of everyday life throughout history, from its origins in the sounds of the earth, through slaves' voices singing of freedom, to today's greatest performers--and listeners.

A collection of poems about the lives of young adults by Arnold Adoff.

Reflections on the poet's love of food and eating.

A young girl fantasizes about the excitement and loneliness of running away.

A big sister helps her little brother realize his identity.

The sounds MA, DA, LA, HA, RA, NA, and AH (representing respectively mother, father, singing, laughing, cheering, sighing, and contentment) form a chant celebrating an African family's cultivation and harvest of a corn crop.

Poems focusing on a day in the life of a brother and sister, spent at the beach, sometimes argumentatively, mostly compatibly.

A collection of poems written from the point of view of a child with a black mother and a white father.

A girl relates how she got her dog and the activities they share.

This collection of poems, told from the perspective of a young girl, celebrates family life throughout the yearly cycle of seasons.