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Touch the Poem
(hc)
by Arnold Adoff, Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2000 by Blue Sky Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-590-47970-7, ISBN: 0-590-47970-9

"Arnold Adoff manages to climb inside a child's mind, body, and soul to write these poems of seeing, feeling, tasting, hearing, smelling... being. He loosely follows the seasons of the year with verses about the hottest day of the month so far, raking and rolling in fall leaves, the itchiness of a wet wool hat in winter, and a "Spring Saturday Morning": Legs Into Over Alls, Feet Into Socks, Toes Finding Their Places: I Pull My Boots On ..."






Love Letters(1st Edition)
by Arnold Adoff, Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1997 by Blue Sky Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-590-48478-7, ISBN: 0-590-48478-8

"A poetry collection enhanced by lavish collages and paintings places secret admirers, klutzes, friends, enemies, moms and dads, and dogs and cats as the objects of humorous and amorous valentines."






Virginia Hamilton(1st Edition)
Speeches, Essays, and Conversations
by Arnold Adoff, Kacy Cook, Virginia Hamilton, Inc. Staff Scholastic
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2010 by The Blue Sky Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-439-27193-6, ISBN: 0-439-27193-2

"Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002) changed children's literature for generations of readers, bringing a Faulknerian style of sophisticated and cutting-edge writing to the world of books for young readers. Hamilton was awarded the Newbery Medal, three Newbery Honors, the National Book Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, and many more. Readers will be enlightened by Hamilton's engaging, powerful, and wit ..."






Eats
Poems (Reading Rainbow Book)
by Arnold Adoff, Susan Russo, Alc
Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 1992 by Harpercollins Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-688-11695-8, ISBN: 0-688-11695-7

"Accompanied by wacky and whimsical illustrations, Adoff's poems form an amusing and playful tribute to the universal pleasures of consuming food"






I Am the Darker Brother(Reprint)
An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans
by Arnold Adoff, Nikki Giovanni, Rudine Sims Bishop
Library, Published 2009 by Paw Prints
ISBN-13: 978-1-4395-6381-6, ISBN: 1-4395-6381-0

"First published in 1968, this anthology was one of the first collections of African American poetry specifically created with the young reader in mind. Along with selections from Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks, this newly updated version features poems by such contemporary poets as Maya Angelou, Ishmael Reed, Rita Dove, and others. This is a comprehensive reflection of the African-American voice and culture. Young Adult."






The Scribner anthology for young people
by Anne . Diven, Natalie Savage Carlson, May Swenson, Arnold Adoff, Nikki Giovanni, Diven Anne
Paperback, 213 Pages, Published 1976 by Scribner
ISBN-13: 978-0-684-14757-4, ISBN: 0-684-14757-2

"A collection of stories, poems, story boards, puzzles, and non-fiction by a variety of authors and illustrators."






My Black Me(Reprint)
A Beginning Book of Black Poetry (A Puffin Poetry Book)
by Arnold Adoff
Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1995 by Puffin Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-037443-8, ISBN: 0-14-037443-4

"What does it mean to be black? What does it mean to be African-American? What is the black experience? The spirited voices of twenty-six African-American poets speak to these and other questions in fifty collected poems that explore the African-American worlds. The rich words of this treasury rang out for the first time over twenty years ago, and will continue to shout their message for years to come."






My Black Me(Updated)
A Beginning Book of Black Poetry
by Arnold Adoff
Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 1994 by Dutton Juvenile
ISBN-13: 978-0-525-45216-4, ISBN: 0-525-45216-8

"A twentieth-anniversary revised edition of a classic anthology of African-American poetry for young readers offers a joyful celebration of the power of inner strength."






My Black Me
A Beginning Book of Black Poetry
by Arnold Adoff
Hardcover, 83 Pages, Published 1991 by Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-525-35460-4, ISBN: 0-525-35460-3






Celebrations
A New Anthology of Black American Poetry
by Arnold Adoff, Modern Curriculum Pr
Hardcover, 285 Pages, Published 1978 by Modern Curriculum Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-695-80699-6, ISBN: 0-695-80699-8

"Thematically arranged contributions of eighty-five Afro-American poets."






Brothers and Sisters
by Compiler-Arnold Adoff, Arnold Adoff
Paperback, Published 1975 by Dell Pub Co
ISBN-13: 978-0-440-93358-8, ISBN: 0-440-93358-7






Black Out Loud
by Compiler-Arnold Adoff, Arnold Adoff, Dell Pub Co
Paperback, Published 1975 by Dell Pub Co
ISBN-13: 978-0-440-93357-1, ISBN: 0-440-93357-9






The Poetry of Black America(1st Edition)
Anthology of the 20th Century
by Arnold Adoff, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alice Walker, Sun Ra, Richard Wright, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Pauli Murray, Ted Joans, Lance Jeffers, Mari Evans, Etheridge Knight, Audre Lord
Hardcover, 552 Pages, Published 1973 by Harper & Row
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-020089-3, ISBN: 0-06-020089-8

"from An Anfhology of Verse by American Ne- zroeSy edited by Newman I. White and Walter C Jackson ( Moore). ... by permission of Lloyd M. Corbin, Jr. Owen Dodson: " I Break the Sky," Part VII from "Poems for My Brother Kenneth/' and ... And the Old Women Gathered," "Black jam for dr. negro/' "into blackness softly/' ' The Rebel/* "To Mother and Steve/' and "Vive Noir! ... Hallelujahs/' and "When I Heard Dai White Man Say" from My Own ..."






The Poetry of Black America
Anthology of the Twentieth Century
by Arnold Adoff
Library, 552 Pages, Published 1973 by Harpercollins
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-020090-9, ISBN: 0-06-020090-1






I Am The Darker Brother
An Anthology of Modern Poems by Black Americans
by Arnold Adoff
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1970 by Simon Pulse
ISBN-13: 978-0-02-041120-8, ISBN: 0-02-041120-0






Black on Black
by Compiler-Arnold Adoff, Arnold Adoff
Paperback, Published 1970 by Macmillan Pub Co
ISBN-13: 978-0-02-041110-9, ISBN: 0-02-041110-3






Black Out Loud
An Anthology of Modern Poems by Black Americans
by Compiler-Arnold Adoff, Arnold Adoff
Library, 86 Pages, Published 1970 by Atheneum
ISBN-13: 978-0-02-700100-6, ISBN: 0-02-700100-8






My Black Me
by Arnold Adoff
Book
ISBN-13: 978-0-7857-7805-9, ISBN: 0-7857-7805-5






Birds
by Arnold Adoff
Hardcover, Published by Lippincott
ISBN-13: 978-0-397-31973-2, ISBN: 0-397-31973-8






Roots and Blues
A Celebration
by Arnold Adoff, R. Gregory Christie
Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2011 by Clarion Books
Picture Book
ISBN-13: 978-0-547-23554-7, ISBN: 0-547-23554-2

"Language:Chinese.HardCover. Pub Date: Jan. 2011 Pages: 96 Publisher: Clarion Books Through poems and POEtic prose pieces the acclaimed Children'S author Arnold Adoff celeates that uniquely American form of music called the blues In his signature SPEECH shaped style. He creates a narrative of moments and joyous music. from the drums of the ancestors. the red dirt of the plantations. the current of the mighty Mississippi. and the shackles ..."



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