A diverse range of poets contributes to this thought-provoking collection of poems that examine the many faces of time. Philip Larkin, Paul Fleischman, Phyllis McGinley and many other fine writers offer new and unexpected ways of perceiving time, be it through the seasons, the cycle of life marked by anniversaries and personal milestones, or the simple comfort of daily rituals. Giovanni Manna's watercolor artwork adds a human dimension to the ...

A delightful collection of short poems with a common theme: food. Fanciful color illustrations of everything from apples and aromatic herbs to tomatoes and nuts are interspersed with the playful, rhyming text. ...

A new edition, newly illustrated with bright, colorful double-page artwork, of the enduring poems of Carl Sandburg (1878-1967). The book captures a pastoral day of observing nature and participating in Sandburg's poems. ...

A collection of poems celebrating the activities and qualities of dragons. ...

A Chicago physician and her writing-partner mother, a fourth-generation Chicagoan, combine for a delightful volume of verse depicting the common and not-so-common adventures of an All- American boy named Ned. Written in journal form and illustrated with watercolors, the journal's entries carry an intriguing narrative in which Ned chronicles the myriad frustrations of his life: ranging the vexing spelling of sister Elizabeth's name, to the ...

Shivery-cold poems inspired by stunning photographs of snow. ...

Effie Lee Newsome was possibly the first African American poet whose body of work consisted primarily of poems for children. ...

This startling autobiographical account tells of a young woman's battle with eating disorders that put her in and out of hospitals over a span of four years and led to her own parents fighting for the right to commit her. When her last source of support, her boyfriend, attempts suicide and ends up in a coma, she is forced to find strength from within. ...

Luminous, haunting illustrations of three trick-or-treaters' moonlit revels capture the spooky, spine-tingling thrill of this magical night. ...

<div><div>Nat and Kate start going out, break up, make up, and feel their love growing deeper. But in one moment everything changes, and all the hopes and promises of the future are shattered. Deeply absorbing, this powerful story is told in different voices and entirely in poems. Lyrical, funny, heart-wrenching and gripping, the variety of poetic forms magically captures the panoply of emotions associated with ...