Parents and children will discover the magical world of poetry through the poems of Robert Louis Stevenson. This charmingly illustrated book with companion lift-the-flap surprises will help children understand the meaning of words by matching them to objects. The simple text featured in these classic poems will also help children expand their vocabulary, as well as increase their sight and sound recognition of words. The simple joy of reading poetry aloud will become a shared experience parent and child will treasure for a lifetime with Baby Einstein's Pretty Poems and Wonderful Words.
Parents and children will discover the magical world of poetry through the poems of Robert Louis Stevenson. This charmingly illustrated book with companion lift-the-flap surprises will help children understand the meaning of words by matching them to objects. The simple text featured in these classic poems will also help children to expand their vocabulary, as well as increase their sight and sound recognition of words. The simple joy of reading poetry aloud will become a shared experience parent and child will treasure for a lifetime with Baby Einstein's Pretty Poems and Wonderful Words.
For the last decade, Rob Sears has been painstakingly combing the words of Donald J. Trump for signs of poetry. To the surprise of many, he has found riches. By simply cutting up and reordering lines from Trump’s tweets, Truths and transcripts, Sears has unearthed a trove of exquisite verse that was just waiting to be found. In this expanded edition of a poetry classic, fans can rediscover a writer of rare conviction (thirty-four felony charges and counting), and for the first time ponder the full span of Trump's artistic flowering and the paradoxes it poses. Like: How can one and the same person unite critics with beautiful poems, yet prove so divisive in his 'other life' as a political leader? And how can a man many consider desperately flawed produce works of such grace as 'All I ask is fairness', 'My hands are normal hands' and 'Shithole countries'? The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump is a carefully curated collection for our times that will make a thought-provoking addition to any poetry-lover’s library.
My book is about my life changes and yours too. Because we all have the same ups and downs. But the book is still with more of the ups because I like to see a pretty smile.
Featuring “Good Bones”—called “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International. Maggie Smith writes out of the experience of motherhood, inspired by watching her own children read the world like a book they've just opened, knowing nothing of the characters or plot. These are poems that stare down darkness while cultivating and sustaining possibility, poems that have a sense of moral gravitas, personal urgency, and the ability to address a larger world. Maggie Smith's previous books are The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Tupelo, 2015), Lamp of the Body (Red Hen, 2005), and three prize-winning chapbooks: Disasterology (Dream Horse, 2016), The List of Dangers (Kent State, 2010), and Nesting Dolls (Pudding House, 2005). Her poem “Good Bones” has gone viral—tweeted and translated across the world, featured on the TV drama Madam Secretary, and called the “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International, earning news coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, the Guardian, and beyond. Maggie Smith was named the 2016 Ohio Poet of the Year. “Smith's voice is clear and unmistakable as she unravels the universe, pulls at a loose thread and lets the whole thing tumble around us, sometimes beautiful, sometimes achingly hard. Truthful, tender, and unafraid of the dark....”—Ada Limón “As if lost in the soft, bewitching world of fairy tale, Maggie Smith conceives and brings forth this metaphysical Baedeker, a guidebook for mother and child to lead each other into a hopeful present. Smith's poems affirm the virtues of humanity: compassion, empathy, and the ability to comfort one another when darkness falls. 'There is a light,' she tells us, 'and the light is good.'”—D. A. Powell “Good Bones is an extraordinary book. Maggie Smith demonstrates what happens when an abundance of heart and intelligence meets the hands of a master craftsperson, reminding us again that the world, for a true poet, is blessedly inexhaustible.”—Erin Belieu
Wonderful Words is a simple celebration of words – words about you and me, words about family and friends, words about events and experiences, and words that explain elements of language and how we communicate with one another. Words can make us laugh and cry and can make us think. They can also inspire and teach us. The poems and rhymes in this book are designed to help children – and all those of us who are kids at heart – celebrate, remember, anticipate, think, reach out, and learn. I hope they do just that for you.
Beautiful Words is a collection of poems I have written over the past ten years. My poems are designed to put a smile on the faces of readers. I hope my poems cause readers to imagine something wonderfully different,if only for brief moments. I was always encouraged to publish my poems by many who read them. After realizing I had written a substantial number of poems I decided to publish this book. With encouragement and support from family and friends, I continue to write and hope all my readers enjoy my work.
Worse Things is a story about connections, the ways they are made, and what happens when they are lost or illusive, from the award-winning author of Pearl Verses the World and Toppling. Winner of QLD CBCA Bilby Award for Younger Readers 2021 Worse Things follows the lives of three main characters: Blake, an Aussie Rules football player who suffers a devastating injury; Jolene, a hockey player who hates the game and and is grieving over the recent death of her father; and Amed, a soccer-loving, non-English speaking orphan who feels like an outsider since arriving in Australia after being raised in a refugee camp. Worse Things by Sally Murphy and Sarah Davis, selected as an Honour Book in the CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers category 2021. A touching and inspirational story about connections and the things that bind us all.
