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21) The song of us
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Crushes and First Love for 4th-8th Grade (SCPL-YS)
Middle Grade Novels in Verse (SCPL-YS)
Rainbow Reads for Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
Middle Grade Novels in Verse (SCPL-YS)
Rainbow Reads for Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
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"Love at first sight isn't a myth. For seventh graders Olivia and Eden, it's fate. Olivia is a capital-P Poet, and Eden thinks she wants to be a musician one day, but for now she's just the new girl. And then Eden shows up to Poetry Club and everything changes. Eden isn't out, and she has rules for dating Olivia: don't call. Don't tell her friends. And don't let anyone know they're together. But when jealousy creeps in, it's Olivia's words that push...
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OBD National Poetry Month (April) - YOUTH
OBD Newbery Medal Winners (1922-2022) - YOUTH
Poetry Month for Kids
OBD Newbery Medal Winners (1922-2022) - YOUTH
Poetry Month for Kids
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A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects.
23) How to be a lion
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"When Leonard the lion and his friend Marianne, a duck, are confronted by a pack of lion bullies, they find a creative way to stand up for themselves"--
26) Tugg and Teeny
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Tugg, a gorilla, helps his best friend Teeny, a monkey, in her attempts to become a musician, an artist, and a poet.
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A group of nine 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 home care.
To hone his writing skills and learn more about the power of words, Darrian enrolls in Mr. Ward's class, known for its open-mic poetry readings and boys vs. girls poetry slam. Everyone in class has something important to say, and in sharing...
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A young girl learns much about her mother as she reads a collection of poems written before she was born that capture her mother's memories of living around the world and growing up as a child of an Air Force serviceperson. Includes author's note, list of Air Force bases, and explanation of the free verse and tanka poetry forms used.
29) Bronx masquerade
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Celebrating Black Creators
K&T - National Poetry Month
OBD Coretta Scott King Award - YOUTH
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K&T - National Poetry Month
OBD Coretta Scott King Award - YOUTH
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While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.
30) Jumped in
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In the two years since his mother left him with his grandparents in Des Moines, Washington, Sam has avoided making friends and perfected the art of being a slacker, but being paired with a frightening new student for a slam poetry unit transforms his life.
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Dyamonde Daniel books volume 2
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Free is excited about a local poetry contest because of its cash prize, but when he and Dyamonde befriend a classmate who is homeless and living in a shelter, they rethink what it means to be rich or poor.
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Isaiah Dunn volume 2
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Now in middle school, Isaiah Dunn participates in a mentoring program, but he has a hunch that his mentee--a troublemaking third-grader name Kobe--has a secret and Isaiah is determined to get to the bottom of it.
34) Cowboy Slim
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Untalented at riding, roping, and cracking a whip, Slim the cowboy calms a stampeding herd of cattle with his poetry.
38) My poet
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"A little girl wants to write poetry. One summer day, she explores a town on Cape Cod, along with the poet who lives nearby. Inspired by the life and craft of Mary Oliver."
40) Poetree
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A shy girl celebrates winter's end by writing a poem to a tree and is surprised when the tree writes back.
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