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Books by Naomi Shihab Nye






A Maze Me(Reprint)
Poems for Girls
by Naomi Shihab Nye, Terre Maher
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2014 by Greenwillow Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-058191-6, ISBN: 0-06-058191-3

"A collection of seventy-two poems written especially for girls ages twelve and up by the much-honored and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye. "A lovely, rich collection that promises to be a lasting companion for young writers."—School Library Journal (starred review)First love, friendship, school, family, community, having a crush, loving your mother and hating your mother, sense of self, body image, hopes and dreams . . . these seventy-two ..."






Everything Comes Next
Collected and New Poems (Hardback)
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, Published 2020 by Harpercollins Publishers Inc, United States
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-301345-2, ISBN: 0-06-301345-2






Cast Away
Poems for Our Time
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2020 by Greenwillow Books
Deckle Edge
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-290769-1, ISBN: 0-06-290769-7

"Acclaimed poet and Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water bottles to those less fortunate, in this collection of more than eighty original and never-before-published poems. A deeply moving, sometimes funny, and always provocative poetry collection for all ages.“Nye at her engaging, insightful best.”―Kirkus (starred review) “How much have you thrown away in your lif ..."






Transfer
(American Poets Continuum)
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2011 by Boa Editions Ltd.
ISBN-13: 978-1-934414-52-1, ISBN: 1-934414-52-2

""In the current literary scene, one of the most heartening influences is the work of Naomi Shihab Nye. Her poems combine transcendent liveliness and sparkle along with warmth and human insight. She is a champion of the literature of encouragement and heart. Reading her work enhances life."— William Stafford Dusk where is the name no one answered to gone off to live by itself beneath the pine trees separating the houses without a friend ..."






There Is No Long Distance Now
Very Short Stories
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2011 by Greenwillow Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-201965-3, ISBN: 0-06-201965-1

"Language:Chinese.HardCover. Pub Date: 2011 10 Pages: 208 Publisher: Greenwillow Books In these forty life-altering life-affirming. And extremely short short stories of The award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye proposes that no matter how Great the divide between friends. siblings. life and death. classmates. enemies. happiness and misery. war and peace. eakfast and lunch. parent and child. country and city. there is. in fact. no long dist ..."






Honeybee(1st Edition)
Poems & Short Prose
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2008 by Greenwillow Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-085390-7, ISBN: 0-06-085390-5

"Language:Chinese.HardCover. Pub Date: 2008 Pages: 176 in Publisher: Greenwillow Books Honey Beeswax. Pollinate is. Hive. Colony Work. Dance Communicate. Industrious Buzz. Sting. Cooperate the Where would we be without them the Where would we be without one another In eighty-two poems and paragraphs. Naomi Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time - our loved ones. our dense air. our wars. our memories. our planet - and leaves us ..."






19 Varieties of Gazelle(Reprint)
Poems of the Middle East
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Paperback, 142 Pages, Published 2005 by Greenwillow Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-050404-5, ISBN: 0-06-050404-8

""Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost h ..."






19 Varieties of Gazelle(1st Edition)
Poems of the Middle East
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2002 by Greenwillow
Bargain Price
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-009765-3, ISBN: 0-06-009765-5

"As she grieved over the "huge shadow [that] had been cast across the lives of so many innocent people and an ancient culture's pride" after September 11, 2001, poet and author Naomi Shihab Nye's natural response was to write, to grasp "onto details to stay afloat." Accordingly, Nye has gathered over four dozen of her own poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States. Devoted followers of the aw ..."






Fuel(1st Edition)
Poems (American Poets Continuum Series)
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Paperback, 65 Pages, Published 1998 by Boa Editions Ltd.
ISBN-13: 978-1-880238-63-9, ISBN: 1-880238-63-2

"A collection of poems that find meaning in a world where we are "so tired of meaning nothing", "Fuel" covers topics ranging from the border families of southern Texas to small ferns and forgotten books to Jews and Palestinians in the Middle East."






This Same Sky(Reprint)
A Collection of Poems from Around the World
by Naomi Shihab Nye, Grover Gillett
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1996 by Aladdin
ISBN-13: 978-0-689-80630-8, ISBN: 0-689-80630-2

"A beautiful collection of poems from around the world selected by renowned anthologist Naomi Shihab Nye.This award-winning multicultural compilation of poetry introduces more than 125 poems from sixty-eight countries around the world, many translated into English for the first time, and offers glimpses of similarities across people despite cultural differences."






I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You OK?(1st Edition)
Tales of Driving and Being Driven
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2007 by Greenwillow Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-085392-1, ISBN: 0-06-085392-1

"Pub Date: 2007-09-18 Pages: 256 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US I am a poet. I said It is my destiny to do strange things My father gripped the wheel of his car I am the chauffeur for foolishness... . We said no more. Foolhardy missions. Life-altering conversations. Gifts-given and received. Loss. Getting lost. Wisdom delivered before dawn and deep into the night. Love and kissing (not necessarily in that order). Laughter. ..."






Habibi(Reprint)
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1999 by Simon Pulse
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-689-82523-1, ISBN: 0-689-82523-4

"An award-winning novel about identity, family, and friendship from renowned writer and editor Naomi Shihab Nye.The day after Liyana got her first real kiss, her life changed forever. Not because of the kiss, but because it was the day her father announced that the family was moving from St. Louis all the way to Palestine. Though her father grew up there, Liyana knows very little about her family’s Arab heritage. Her grandmother and the ..."






Never in a Hurry(1st Edition)
Essays on People and Places (Texts; 18)
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Paperback, 253 Pages, Published 1996 by Univ Of South Carolina Pr
ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-082-6, ISBN: 1-57003-082-0

"In "Never in a Hurry the poet Naomi Shihab Nye" resists the American tendency to "leave toward places whenn we barely have time enough to get there." Instaed she travels the world at an observant pace, talking to strangers and introducing readers to an endearing assemblage of great-great-aunts, eccentric neighbors, Filipina faith healers, dry-cleaning proprietors, hitchhikers, and other quirky characters, some of whom she met just once. ..."






The Flag of Childhood(1st Edition)
Poems From the Middle East
by Naomi Shihab Nye, Suleiman Mansour
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2002 by Aladdin
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-689-85172-8, ISBN: 0-689-85172-3

"In this stirring anthology of sixty poems from the Middle East, honored anthologist Naomi Shihab Nye welcomes us to this lush, vivid world and beckons us to explore. Eloquent pieces from Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, and elsewhere open windows into the hearts and souls of people we usually meet only on the nightly news. What we see when we look through these windows is the love of family, friends, and for the Earth, the daily occurren ..."






I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You
A Book of Her Poems & His Poems Collected in Pairs
by Naomi Shihab Nye, Paul B. Janeczko, Elaine Oberkotter Harmon
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1999 by Simon Pulse
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-689-81341-2, ISBN: 0-689-81341-4

"For this fascinating anthology of modern poetry, the editors grouped 196 poems into pairs, to demonstrate the different ways in which male and female poets see the same topics. Surprisingly, wonderfully, the end result shows as many similarities as differences. Even readers who normally don't like poetry may be intrigued by the thoughtful, accessible gems in this diverse collection. In a pointer review, Kirkus wrote "this is a wonder"; ..."






Come With Me(1st Edition)
Poems for a Journey
by Naomi Shihab Nye, Dan Yaccarino
Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2000 by Greenwillow Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-688-15946-7, ISBN: 0-688-15946-X

"Come with me To the quiet minute between two noisy minutes It's always waiting ready to welcome us Tucked under the wing of the day I'll be there Where will you be? A journey with Naomi Shihab Nye and Dan Yaccarino is impossible to resist. Sixteen luminous poems by Nye are accompanied by Yaccarino's stunning mixed-media collages. Nye, poet, novelist, essayist, and anthologist, writes of journeys--internal and extern ..."






Honeybee
Poems and Short Prose
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2022 by Greenwillow Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-314465-1, ISBN: 0-06-314465-4

"This resonant volume explores the similarities we share with the people around us--family, friends, and complete strangers. Honey. Beeswax. Pollinate. Hive. Colony. Work. Dance. Communicate. Industrious. Buzz. Sting. Cooperate."






Cast Away
Poems of Our Time (Paperback)
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2021 by Greenwillow Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-290770-7, ISBN: 0-06-290770-0

""Poet Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water bottles to refugees"--"






Voices in the Air
Poems for Listeners
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2018 by Greenwillow Books
Deckle Edge
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-269184-2, ISBN: 0-06-269184-8

"Acclaimed and award-winning poet, teacher, and National Book Award finalist Naomi Shihab Nye’s uncommon and unforgettable voice offers readers peace, humor, inspiration, and solace. This volume of almost one hundred original poems is a stunning and engaging tribute to the diverse voices past and present that comfort us, compel us, lead us, and give us hope. Voices in the Air is a collection of almost one hundred original poems written b ..."






The Turtle of Oman(Reprint)
by Naomi Shihab Nye, Betsy Peterschmidt
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2016 by Greenwillow Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-201978-3, ISBN: 0-06-201978-3

"Praised by the Horn Book as “both quiet and exhilarating,” this novel by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye follows Aref Al-Amri as he says goodbye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, as his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan. This book was awarded a 2015 Middle East Book Award, was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association, and includes extra ..."



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