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Title: Words with Wings: A Treasury of African American Poetry and Art Selected by: Belinda Rochelle Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN#:0-688-16415-3 Audience: Ages 5 and up Summary: Twenty poems by African American authors are paired with twenty art selections by African American

Name of Book: I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery Author: Cynthia Grady Illustrator: Michele Wood Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9780802853868 (Hardcover) Audience: Ages 10 and up Summary: This book is a collection of fourteen poems that tells the

Name of Book:  In Every Tiny Grain of Sand, A Child’s Book of Prayers and Praise Author: Collected by Reeve Lindbergh Illustrator:  Christine Davenier, Bob Graham, Anita Jeram, and Elisa Eleven Publisher:  Candlewick Press ISBN:  0-7636-0176-4 Audience:  Ages 6 and up Summary:  A

Title: Manger Author: Lee Bennett Hopkins Illustrator: Helen Cann Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Publication Date: September, 2014 ISBN:  9780802854193 Audience: Not given.  Reviewer’s suggestion is 3-8 yrs. Summary: On Christmas Eve, according to tradition, God

Title: The Year of Billy Miller Author: Kevin Henkes Illustrator: Kevin Henkes Publisher: Greenwillow Books Publication Date: September, 2013 ISBN: 9780062268129 Audience: Reading level, Grades 3-6. Summary: Ms. Miller, Billy’s 2nd grade teacher, informs her class that this year,

Title:  Around the Year Author:  Elsa Maartman Beskow Publisher:  Floris Books (September 2008) Audience:  Ages 3 – 7 Summary:  This picture book takes the reader on a journey through the months of year, briefly touching on time/number association and the days of the week,

Title:  Hold Fast Author:  Blue Balliett Publisher:  Scholastic Press Publication Date:  March 1, 2013 ISBN:  9780545299886 Audience:  Ages 8 and up Summary: The Pearl family-Dashel, Summer, Early, and Jubilation-live in a one room apartment and dream and save for the day when

Title: If I Never Forever Endeavor Author: Holly Meade Illustrator: Holly Meade Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2011 ISBN: 9780763640712 Audience:  Ages 4-7 Summary: A young fledgling perched on the edge of his/her nest looks down and has an inner debate: Shall I endeavor to fly.?

Poetry, like many fine things in life, is an acquired taste, but once you have inhaled the spiced aroma of a well played verse or thrilled to the sound of onomatopoeia or felt your heart break at the sheer beauty of words, then you, my friend, will be hooked. Click here to read

Name of Book: When Daddy Prays Author: Nikki Grimes Illustrator: Tim Ladwig Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Audience: Ages 4 and up Summary: A series of poems about prayer and what prayer says about life experiences. A series of poems that speak to life experiences