emmett till is always in my heart. his story is devastating, and he 100% deserved better. heartbreaking to think he still hasn’t been given justice. this book is a poem written to honor him, i highly recommend. #hardcover #emmetttill #blacklivesmatter #poem #neverread #popular #wreath #illustration #awardwinner #socialchange 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Illinois

Presents fifteen interlinked sonnets to pay tribute to Emmitt Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a while woman, and whose murderers were acquitted.

A Wreath for Emmett Till

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Oregon

Twenty-three light poems with bouncing rhythms.

Blackberry Ink

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Good condition, shelf wear on dust jacket. #hardcover #poetry #alicewalker #nonfiction #poems #drawings #poem #art 

Massachusetts

Poems and Drawings

In this illuminating book, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist and acclaimed poet Alice Walker reveals her remarkable philosophy of life. Curiously, this labor of love started with the author’s signature: Faced with the daunting task of providing autographs for multiple copies of one of her poetry collections, Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth, Walker turned an act of repetition into an act of inspiration. For each autograph became something more than a name: a thoughtful reflection, an impromptu sketch, a heartfelt poem. The result is this spontaneous burst of the unexpected. A Poem Traveled Down My Arm is a lovely collection of insights and drawings—by turns charming and humorous, provocative and profound—that represent the wisdom of one of today’s most beloved writers. The essence of Walker’s independent spirit emanates from words and images that are simple but deep in meaning. An empowering approach to life...the inspiration to live completely in the moment...the chance to nurture one’s creativity and peace of mind—all these beautiful elements are evoked by this unusual and original book.

A Poem Traveled Down My Arm

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Texas

Poems for Two Voices

Written to be read aloud by two voices -- sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous -- here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. In this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices, a companion to I Am Phoenix,Paul Fleischman verbally re-creates the "Booming/boisterios/joyful noise" of insects. The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. Eric Beddows's vibrant drawings send each insect soaring, spinning, or creeping off the page in its own unique way. Paul Fleischman has created not only a clear and fascinating guide to the insect world -- from chrysalid butterflies to whirligig beetles -- but an exultant celebration of life.

Joyful Noise

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Connecticut

A Novel Based on an Untrue Story

Can honesty lead to heartbreak if the truth is subjective? A compelling novel in verse from Sonya Sones.

Her friends
have a joke about her:
How can you tell if Colette is lying?

Her mouth is open.

Fifteen-year-old Colette is addicted to lying. Her shrink says this is because she's got a very bad case of Daughter-of-a-famous-movie-star Disorder--so she lies to escape out from under her mother's massive shadow. But Colette doesn't see it that way. She says she lies because it's the most fun she can have with her clothes on. Not that she's had that much fun with her clothes off. At least not yet, anyway...

When her mother drags her away from Hollywood to spend the entire summer on location in a boring little town in the middle of nowhere, Colette is less than thrilled. But then she meets a sexy biker named Connor. He's older, gorgeous, funny, and totally into her. So what if she lies to him about her age, and about who her mother is? I mean, she has to keep her mother's identity a secret from him. If he finds out who she really is, he'll forget all about Colette, and start panting and drooling and asking her for her mother's autograph. Just like everyone always does.

But what Colette doesn't know is that Connor is keeping a secret of his own...

To Be Perfectly Honest

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#hardcover #exlibrary #learningdisabilities #poetry #kids #children #picturebook #poem #specialneeds #specialeducation 

Poetry, written by a girl with learning disabilities, reflects her feelings and experiences.

Reach for the Moon

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Georgia

Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem 

Guacamole 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Kentucky

Library of World Poetry

Making a Difference with Your Life

Authors Linda Ellis and Mac Anderson show that it's not the date you were born or the date you die that matter. What matters is the dash between those years and how you use it to make a difference. The Dashis based upon the world famous poem of the same name by Linda Ellis and includes a collection of stories about people whose lives were impacted by this special message. For more than 20 years, The Dash book makes a meaningful gift for anyone in need of encouragement, whether they're students just starting out or family members celebrating life achievements.



The Dash 

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 #paperback #nonfiction #juvenile #money #poem 

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Michigan

A Fun Book for Young People

Who taught you everything you know about money? Most folks learn the traditional way. . .trial and error. . .which is the hard way!

Who Taught You About Money?introduces basic money concepts in an interesting, unique, informative, and fun way. It will hold your attention and cause you to come back to it time and again. . .and hopefully you will want to share this book with others.

Learning how money works will increase your opportunity for success and long-term security. "Banker Sawbuck" is an expert in these matters. Use him to help teach your kids about one of the most important elements in human society--money.

⭐Who Taught You about Money?

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Maryland

Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master

Chosen by author Elizabeth Gilbert as one of her ten favorite books, Daniel Ladinsky’s extraordinary renderings of 250 unforgettable lyrical poems by Hafiz, one of the greatest Sufi poets of all time More than any other Persian poet—even Rumi—Hafiz expanded the mystical, healing dimensions of poetry. Because his poems were often ecstatic love songs from God to his beloved world, many have called Hafiz the “Invisible Tongue.” Indeed, Daniel Ladinsky has said that his work with Hafiz is an attempt to do the impossible: to render Light into words—to make the Luminous Resonance of God tangible to our finite senses. I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through— listen to this music! With this stunning collection of Hafiz’s most intimate poems, Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in presenting the essence of one of Islam’s greatest poetic and religious voices. Each line of The Gift imparts the wonderful qualities of this master Sufi poet and spiritual teacher: encouragement, an audacious love that touches lives, profound knowledge, generosity, and a sweet, playful genius unparalleled in world literature.

The Gift

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#paperback #tender #family #ya #YA #booktok #dinawmengestu #poetry #poem #teen #fiction #nonfiction #learning 

The book has some pink pen markings. See photo two. 

New Jersey

Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and longing for his home continent. Years ago and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment begins to change, hope comes in the form of a friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again.

Watch a QuickTime interview with Dinaw Mengestu about this book.

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

#hardcover #fiction #poetry #poem #love #romance #psychology #selfhelp #spiritual  #nonfiction 

South Carolina

Collection of poetry from the author's blog called "I Wrote This for You" from the years 2007 to 2017.

I Wrote This for You: 2007 - 2017

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#paperback #edgarkunz #poetry #poem #tapout #mentalhealth #addiction #newpoetry #modernpoetry #freeverse #essays #bildungsroman

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Poems

"Charts the gritty, physical terrain of blue-collar masculinity."―New York Times New & Noteworthy

 "Kunz arrives with real poetic talent."--The Millions, "Must Read Poetry"



"[A] gritty, insightful debut." --Washington Post



Winner of the 2019 Julia Ward Howe Award for Poetry



Approach these poems as short stories, plainspoken lyric essays, controlled arcs of a bildungsroman, then again as narrative verse. Tap Out, Edgar Kunz's debut collection, reckons with his working‑poor heritage. Within are poignant, troubling portraits of blue‑collar lives, mental health in contemporary America, and what is conveyed and passed on through touch and words―violent, or simply absent.

 

Yet Kunz's verses are unsentimental, visceral, sprawling between oxys and Bitcoin, crossing the country restlessly. They grapple with the shame and guilt of choosing to leave the culture Kunz was born and raised in, the identity crises caused by class mobility. They pull the reader close, alternating fierce whispers and proud shouts about what working hands are capable of and the different ways a mind and body can leave a life they can no longer endure. This hungry new voice asks: after you make the choice to leave, what is left behind, what can you make of it, and at what cost 

Tap Out

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The family classic, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, is brought to life by the endearing art of David A Cutting. Designed for little hands, this sturdy board book is a perfect introduction for young children to the magic of Good Old St. Nick. From the beautiful tree adorned with candy canes, sugar plum fairies and gingerbread men, to the curious puppy peeking in Santa's sack, children will discover a multitude of Christmas traditions in the art as they hear the famous Christmas poem.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

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#hardcover #exlibrary #civilwar #children #poem #historical #livingbook #poetry #poetryteatime #history 

An illustrated edition of the poem describing Barbara Fritchie's dramatic stand with the Union flag against the rebel troops invading her town.

Barbara Frietchie

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California

Lombardo's Odyssey offers the distinctive speed, clarity, and boldness that so distinguished his 1997 Iliad .

Odyssey

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#paperback #alphabet #poem #children #butterfly

New York

The Butterfly Alphabet

#paperback #Hiawatha #poem #Longfellow #NativeAmerican #Indian #Minnehaha #poetry #Ojibwe

Illustrated

The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that features Native American characters. The epic relates the adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha. Events in the story are set in the Pictured Rocks area on the south shore of Lake Superior. Longfellow's poem, though based on native oral traditions surrounding the figure of Manabozho, represents not a work of transmission but an original work of American Romantic literature.In his book on the development of the image of the Indian in American thought and literature, Pearce wrote about The Song of Hiawatha: "It was Longfellow who fully realized for mid-nineteenth century Americans the possibility of image of the noble savage. He had available to him not only poems on the Indian . . . but also the general feeling that the Indian belonged nowhere in American life but in dim prehistory. He saw how the mass of Indian legends which Schoolcraft was collecting depicted noble savages out of time, and offered, if treated right, a kind of primitive example of that very progress which had done them in. Thus in Hiawatha he was able, matching legend with a sentimental view of a past far enough away in time to be safe and near enough in space to be appealing, fully to image the Indian as noble savage. For by the time Longfellow wrote Hiawatha, the Indian as a direct opponent of civilization was dead, yet was still heavy on American consciences . . . . The tone of the legend and ballad... would color the noble savage so as to make him blend in with a dim and satisfying past about which readers could have dim and satisfying feelings."

The Song of Hiawatha

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#paperback #poetry #poem #illustrated #eecummings #fiction 

Hist Whist

This is a wonderful book and it is a novel in verse! #fiction #juvenilefiction #ya #youngadult #hardcover #novelinverse #poem #poetry 

Pennsylvania

A middle-grade novel in verse follows the experiences of twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan, who struggle with challenges on and off the court while their father ignores his declining health. 20,000 first printing.

The Crossover

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Utah

A Poem

Made of Stars

"Illustrations of wintry scenes accompany each line of the well-known poem."

Very nice, clean copy, beautifully illustrated. Love this one 👍

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Illustrations of wintry scenes accompany each line of the well-known poem.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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Vintage Hardcover binding good - #hardcover #warof1812 #britishattack #prisoner #chesapeakebay #poem #writer

Marilyn Nelson; Philippe Lardy (Illustrator)

A Wreath for Emmett Till

Eve Merriam; Hans Wilhelm (Illustrator)

Blackberry Ink

Alice Walker

A Poem Traveled Down My Arm

Paul Fleischman; Eric Beddows (Illustrator)

Joyful Noise

Sonya Sones

To Be Perfectly Honest

Samantha Abeel; Charles R. Murphy (Illustrator)

Reach for the Moon

Jorge Argueta

Guacamole

William Cullen Bryant

Library of World Poetry

Linda Ellis

The Dash

Richard Harris

⭐Who Taught You about Money?

Hafiz; Daniel Ladinsky

The Gift

Dinaw Mengestu

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

Iain S. Thomas

I Wrote This for You: 2007 - 2017

Edgar Kunz

Tap Out

Clement C. Moore

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

John Greenleaf Whittier; Nancy Winslow Parker (Illustrator)

Barbara Frietchie

Homer; Stanley Lombardo (Translator); Sheila Murnaghan (Introduction by)

Odyssey

Kjell B. Sandved

The Butterfly Alphabet

Henry Longfellow; N. Wyeth (Illustrator)

The Song of Hiawatha

e.e. cummings and Deborah Kogan Ray (ill)

Hist Whist

Kwame Alexander

The Crossover

Mark H Fitzpatrick

Made of Stars

Robert Frost; Susan Jeffers (Illustrator)

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Lillie Patterson

Francis Scott Key