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Comfort
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Carolee Dean |
Fourteen-year-old Kenny Roy Willson fantasizes about escape from his hometown of Comfort, Texas, following his alcoholic father's release from prison. |
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Comfort
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Carolee Dean |
Fourteen-year-old Kenny Roy Willson fantasizes about escape from his hometown of Comfort, Texas, following his alcoholic father's release from prison. |
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Hope Is a Ferris Wheel
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Robin Herrera |
After moving from Oregon to a trailer park in California, ten-year-old Star participates in a poetry club, where she learns some important lessons about herself and her own hopes and dreams for the f… |
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Gooney Bird is so absurd
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Lois Lowry,Middy Thomas |
Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon's mother organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene. |
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Between the lines
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Nikki Grimes |
A group of high school students grow in understanding of each other's challenges and forge unexpected connections as they prepare for a boys vs. girls poetry slam. Includes author's note about foster… |
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Grandad's tree
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Julia Cairns,Jill Bennett |
A collection of poems about family life, family diversity, and what it means to be a family. |
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A snow story
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Melvin Leavitt |
A young boy begins writing poems in the snow that are read and responded to by wildlife, and he continues writing them throughout his life. |
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Stanza
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Jill Esbaum |
Stanza the dog and his two rotten brothers terrorize the streets by day, but at night Stanza secretly writes poetry. |
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