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Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...
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Language
English
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What is it to be an American? In lyrical, soul-searching free verse and seamless, evocative paintings, the father-son team who presented Jazz, delivers a heartfelt and thought-provoking homage to this country. Reflective and non-judgmental, stretching across a tumultuous history, following dreams of and struggles for freedom, this is a masterful and stunning presentation of patriotism through poetry, quotations and depictions of myriad Americans—from
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Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A humorous collection of school-themed poems includes entries that celebrate such subjects as a show-and-tell mystery, a secret recess, homework excuses, and a slithering class pet that has escaped.
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Publisher
Sandpiper
Pub. Date
[2012], c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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No one ever said it was easy being a monster. Take Frankenstein, for instance: He just wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread. Then theres the Headless Horseman, who wishes everyone would stop drooling over his delicious pumpkin head. And can someone please tell Edgar Allan Poe to get the door already before the raven completely loses it? Sheesh.
8) I like stars
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
A simple poem describing all kinds of stars that appear in the night sky.
9) In fall
Author
Publisher
Adbo Consulting Group
Pub. Date
1992, c1985
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems describing the varied aspects of autumn.
12) My shadow
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated version of Stevenson's classic poem, in which a child tells about her relationship with her shadow.
13) In Summer
Author
Publisher
Abdo Consulting Group
Pub. Date
1992, c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems celebrating the many pleasures of the summer season.
16) Hiawatha
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Series
Publisher
Raintree Childrens Books
Pub. Date
1984
Language
English
Description
An abridgement of the epic poem describing the life and deeds of a legendary Indian brave.
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A middle grade verse history of Latinos in the United States, told through the voices of many and varied individuals ranging from Juan Ponce de León to modern-day sixth graders"--
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