Irene Latham est une auteure dont l'œuvre fait le pont entre les royaumes de la poésie et de la prose. Ses écrits sont célébrés pour leur profondeur et leur style captivant, qui attire les lecteurs dans des mondes méticuleusement conçus. Latham explore fréquemment des thèmes de famille, d'enfance et de croissance personnelle dans ses récits. Son approche littéraire distinctive et son talent pour saisir l'essence de l'expérience humaine en font une voix significative dans la littérature contemporaine.
This poetry collection showcases the voices of its co-authors, offering a blend of powerful and inspiring verses. Through their unique perspectives, they explore themes of identity, connection, and the human experience, inviting readers to reflect on their own lives. The collection promises to resonate emotionally, making it a compelling addition to contemporary poetry.
The hope-filled true story of the man who refused to leave Syria's cats behind
A powerful story told through linked poems which raise questions of race and identity in an honest and tangible way for younger readers.
Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse. In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands along the Alabama River before being secretly parceled out to various plantations, where they made desperate attempts to maintain both their culture and also fit into the place of captivity to which they'd been delivered. At the end of the Civil War, the survivors created a community for themselves they called African Town, which still exists to this day. Told in 14 distinct voices, including that of the ship that brought them to the American shores and the founder of African Town, this powerfully affecting historical novel-in-verse recreates a pivotal moment in US and world history, the impacts of which we still feel today.
Fans of clever poetry and numbers rejoice! Nine is a book of nine-line poems called nonets, all about the number nine!Hey!Hi there!Love nonets?I'm sure you do.What are they, you ask?You don't know a nonet?Not even one little one?Actually, they're all the same size!They're poems, of course--and here's your first!Each poem in this clever collection is a a nine-line poem that starts with nine syllables in the first line and ends with one syllable in the ninth line (or the reverse). But these nonets go even further! Every one is also written with the number nine at its heart. There's plenty to love and topics include the nine months it takes a baby to be born, cats' nine lives, baseball's nine players, and the nine-banded armadillo. Some feature history, such as the Little Rock Nine, the spacecraft Apollo 9, the ninth president; others explain idioms, like "dressed to the nines," "cloud nine," and "the whole nine yards." Explore these and more with nonets galore!
Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but that doesn't mean she can't put in a good stitch. In fact, Ludelphia sews all the time, especially when things are going wrong. But when Mama gets deathly ill, it doesn't seem like even quilting will help. Mama needs medicine badly—medicine that can only be found in Camden, over forty miles away. That's when Ludelphia decides to do something drastic—leave Gee's Bend. Beyond the cotton fields of her small sharecropping community, Ludelphia discovers a world she never imagined, but there's also danger lurking for a young girl on her own. Set in 1932 and inspired by the rich quilting traditions of Gee's Bend, Alabama, Leaving Gee's Bend is a delightful story of a young girl facing a brave new world, presented in a new paperback edition.
The collection showcases the innovative technique of found poetry, where the poet crafts a 37-line piece titled "Nest" and subsequently discovers 160 smaller poems hidden within it. This exploration highlights the transformative power of language and the creative process of uncovering meaning in unexpected places, inviting readers to appreciate the nuances of poetry in a fresh and engaging way.
"Six eighth graders outside Washington, DC, navigate through conflict and division focused on their school district's Native American mascot"--Provided by publisher
Wild Peace by Irene Latham and Il Sung Na is a lush, soothing mindfulness picture book about finding solace in the natural world.With lyrical text and whimsical art, Wild Peace follows a girl whose imagination helps her escape her frenzied home and discover the joys of nature. After enjoying the serenity of the forest, she is finally ready to return to her family, where peace welcomes all that is wild, and kisses the forehead of every child.When the world fills with noise and fury,and the days pass, all rush and scurry,it's time to step into the forest . . .
The story centers on Whit, an eleven-year-old boy living at the Meadowbrook Zoo, where his mother is the director and his father is the head elephant keeper. Feeling confined by the zoo's routines, his life takes an exciting turn when he spots a mysterious girl who visits daily to draw the birds. Intrigued by her presence and solitary visits, Whit embarks on a quest to uncover the identity of the "Bird Girl" and the reasons behind her frequent trips to the zoo, adding a new layer of adventure to his life.