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Katy no-pocket
Par H. A. Rey, Emmy Payne. 1944
Katy is a kangaroo without a pocket. She tries to carry her son, Freddy, the way other types of animals…
carry their young, but nothing works. So Katy and Freddy head for the city to buy a pocket. For grades K-3Sweet dreams of the wild: poems for bedtime
Par Rebecca Dotlich. 1996
Poems that explain to a sleepy child where different kinds of animals go to bed. A hummingbird sleeps in a…
teacup-sized nest, a turtle rests on a moss-covered log, sheep nap in the open countryside, and all "cuddle up tight with sweet dreams of the wild." For preschool-grade 2So forth: poems
Par Joseph Brodsky. 1996
Rural Massachusetts, Manhattan, and the great cities of Europe provide some of the settings in these sixty-four poems, which comprise…
the final volume of poetry by the Nobel Prize-winning poet. Brodsky composed this body of work during the last eight years of his life by self-translating from his native Russian and also by writing directly in EnglishSequel to Saved by the Light (RC 38855, BR 9540). Brinkley tells how he adjusted to the psychic ability he…
acquired after his near-death experiences and found his life's mission in helping hospice patients face deathWalking the black cat: poems
Par Charles Simic. 1996
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author presents poems depicting both the ordinary and the surreal. For example, "Little Unwritten Book" laments the…
disappearance of Rocky, a bird-tolerating black cat, while "Dogs Hear It" has Hamlet walking through "a motel in Vegas."The Idylls
Par Theocritus. 1988
English translations of verse by Theocritus, a Greek born in Sicily around 300 B.C. His works range from bucolic idylls…
depicting the simple lives of country herdsmen, to mythological narratives, to accounts of urban affairs in the city of Alexandria. These poems helped inspire the development of later European literatureThe crack in everything
Par Alicia Ostriker. 1996
A course in miracles: combined volume
Par Foundation for Inner Peace. 1996
Designed to help readers increase awareness of love in their lives. Explains theoretical concepts on which the course is based…
and includes a workbook with lessons for each day of the year and a teacher's manual. Subject of Return to Love (BR 09979)Here there be dragons
Par Jane Yolen. 1993
Five poems and eight stories about dragons by Jane Yolen, who precedes each with an introductory note about the piece.…
The collection includes "Why Dragons?" "The Dragon's Boy," "The Making of Dragons," and "Here There Be Dragons." For grades 4-7 and older readersThis book celebrates American life as seen through the work of artists and writers. Combining a sampling of poetry with…
visual arts from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art, Panzer shows the many kinds of people, landscapes, and beliefs that make up American life. For grades 5-8 and older readersCan you hear, bird: poems
Par John Ashbery. 1995
Collection of poems by the winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize and other literary awards. The works are short, cynical,…
and abstract and often contain humor and wordplays. Some strong languageIsabella Gardner: the collected poems (American poets continuum series #v. 18)
Par Isabella Gardner. 1990
More than one hundred poems written from 1955-1980 including thirty unpublished or previously ungathered. Gardner's subjects include motherhood, literature, politics,…
and nature in such poems as "West of Childhood," "Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957," "To Thoreau on Rereading Walden," "Fall in Massachusetts," and "At the Zoo."This sequel to Wishcraft (RC 14031, BR 4309) offers practical advice and techniques for discovering one's true likes and aspirations…
and for overcoming common obstacles to finding and living the "good life."In the crevice of time: new and collected poems
Par Josephine Jacobsen. 1995
Anthology from an award-winning American poet. This collection spans nearly sixty years, from 1935-1994, and is divided chronologically into five…
parts. Jacobsen's work is known for its lean, elegant language and wide range of subject matter. Jacobsen explores such themes as mortality in "Spring, Says the Child," exotic aspects of travel in "The Foreign Lands," and the nature of loss in "Tears."Pierced by a ray of sun: poems about the times we feel alone
Par Ruth Gordon. 1995
Seventy-three poems culled from a variety of sources but unified by one overlying theme: loneliness. Gordon's collection--which includes poems by…
Keats, Sandberg, and Yeats and translations from other languages--illustrates that alienation is a universal experience. For junior and senior high readersFinish strong: living the values that take you the distance
Par Richard Capen. 1996
Capen identifies personal values that lead to success and that benefit family and community. Each chapter focuses on a specific…
value--such as character, humility, and optimism--and includes comments from political, business, and spiritual leaders like Barbara Jordan and John GardnerSun under wood: new poems
Par Robert Hass. 1996
In this collection of twenty poems by the 1995 U.S. poet laureate, Hass explores such themes as nature, in "Dragonflies…
Mating"; solitude, in "Regalia for a Black Hat Dancer"; language, in "English: An Ode"; and the fragility of human relationships, in "Faint Music". Some strong language and some descriptions of sexA suitcase of seaweed, and other poems
Par Janet Wong. 1996
Thirty-six poems divided into three categories--"Korean Poems," "Chinese Poems," and "American Poems"--that reflect the author's heritage. Wong shares insights into…
Asian American experiences in such poems as "Acupuncture," "Koreatown," "Tea Ceremony," "Manners," "Face It," and "Money Order." For grades 3-6Scrambled eggs & whiskey: poems, 1991-1995
Par Hayden Carruth. 1996
Poems, variously depicting passion, war, nature, political power, tragedy, and love in one's later years. One such work, "Auburn Poem,"…
voices a father's poignant lament to his wife over their daughter's fatal cancer. Strong languageBone Black: memories of girlhood
Par Bell Hooks. 1996
Noted African American feminist recalls the pain and alienation of growing up female and black in a poor, rural southern…
family. Hooks describes attending a newly integrated school and learning society's roles for men and women. She recalls enjoying the literature that inspired her to write. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex