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  | | Papa's Free Day Party by Marilyn Nelson, Wayne Anthony Still, Wayne Anthony Still Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2021 by Just Us Books, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-940975-72-9, ISBN: 0-940975-72-6 "Th book's author, Marilyn Nelson, is the author of the memoir How I Discovered Poetry, written in a series of 50 poems. It is a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and was named on of NPR's Best Books of 2014." |
 | | Snook Alone by Marilyn Nelson, Timothy Basil Ering Hardcover, 48 Pages, Published 2010 by Candlewick ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-2667-9, ISBN: 0-7636-2667-8 "A faithful little dog must survive on his own in the wild in this evocative tale of loss and reunion from acclaimed poet Marilyn Nelson and the inimitable Timothy Basil Ering. (Ages 4-7)Abba Jacob is a monk who lives on a far, far away island with his loyal rat terrier, Snook. Every day, from the wee hours of dawn till the sun sets over the sea, Snook keeps Abba Jacob company as he prays or works, tending the gardens or fixing the plumb ..." |
 | | Mrs. Nelson's Class by Marilyn Nelson, World Enough Writers Paperback, 76 Pages, Published 2017 by World Enough Writers ISBN-13: 978-1-937797-03-4, ISBN: 1-937797-03-1 "On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that state-sanctioned segregation of public schools is unconstitutional. In September 1954, in an Air Force base school near Salina, Kansas, young African American teacher Mrs. Johnnie Mitchell Nelson became the teacher of a second grade class of twenty white children. Mrs. Nelson knew, but did her pupils understand they w ..." |
 | | The Fields of Praise(1st Edition) New and Selected Poems by Marilyn Nelson Waniek Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1997 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-2174-0, ISBN: 0-8071-2174-6 "In The Fields of Praise, Marilyn Nelson claims as subjects the life of the spirit, the vicissitudes of love, and the African American experience and arranges them as white pebbles marking our common journey toward a “monstrous love / that wants to make the world right.”Nelson is a poet of stunning power, able to bring alive the most rarified and subtle of experiences. A slave destined to become a minister preaches sermons of heartrendin ..." |
 | | A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by Halfdan Wedel Rasmussen, Marilyn Nelson, Pamela Espeland, Kevin Hawkes Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2011 by Candlewick ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-2379-1, ISBN: 0-7636-2379-2 "From a team of luminaries comes this collection of truly delightful verse for the littlest listeners. (Ages 2-6)Translated from the original works of beloved Danish poet Halfdan Rasmussen, this delightful collection of poems for young children will enthrall little ones with captivating rhyme, rhythm, humor, and charm. Kevin Hawkes’s enchanting, light-filled illustrations bring the text to life, making this an essential addition to any c ..." |
 | | Snook Alone(Reprint) by Marilyn Nelson, Timothy Basil Ering Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2012 by Candlewick ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-6120-5, ISBN: 0-7636-6120-1 "A faithful little dog must survive on his own in the wild in this evocative tale of loss and reunion from acclaimed poet Marilyn Nelson and the inimitable Timothy Basil Ering. (Ages 4-7)Abba Jacob is a monk who lives on a far, far away island with his loyal rat terrier, Snook. Every day, from the wee hours of dawn till the sun sets over the sea, Snook keeps Abba Jacob company as he prays or works, tending the gardens or fixing the plumb ..." |
 | | Beautiful Ballerina(1st Edition) by Marilyn Nelson, Susan Kuklin Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2009 by Scholastic Press ISBN-13: 978-0-545-08920-3, ISBN: 0-545-08920-4 "A talented team of children's book creators craft a beautiful, stirring tribute to the grace and power of prima ballerinas everywhere.Every little girl has the dream to become a prima ballerina! On today's ever-changing cultural stage, ballerinas come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and abilities. To celebrate the beauty of black ballerinas, here is a lush photographic picture book with a brilliant poetic narrative, brought to young read ..." |
 | | The Fields of Praise(1st Edition) New and Selected Poems by Marilyn Nelson Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1997 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-2175-7, ISBN: 0-8071-2175-4 "In The Fields of Praise, Marilyn Nelson claims as subjects the life of the spirit, the vicissitudes of love, and the African American experience and arranges them as white pebbles marking our common journey toward a “monstrous love / that wants to make the world right.”Nelson is a poet of stunning power, able to bring alive the most rarified and subtle of experiences. A slave destined to become a minister preaches sermons of heartrendin ..." |
 | | The Cachoeira Tales and Other Poems An Anthology of Revisionist Writings by Marilyn Nelson 64 Pages, Published 2005 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-4310-0, ISBN: 0-8071-4310-3 "Triolets for Triolet Triolet: French. An eight-line syllabic stanza turning on two rhymes and built on two refrains. It rhymes ABaAabAB (with A and B standing for the refrains). Its lines may be of any single length. I've slightly modified the form of ..." |
 | | Faster Than Light(1st Edition) New and Selected Poems, 1996-2011 by Marilyn Nelson Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2012 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-4733-7, ISBN: 0-8071-4733-8 "Conjuring numerous voices and characters across oceans and centuries, Faster Than Light explores widely disparate experiences through the lens of traditional poetic forms. This volume contains a selection of Marilyn Nelson's new and uncollected poems as well as work from each of her lyric histories of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century African American individuals and communities.Poems include the stories of historical figu ..." |
 | | CARVER,A Life in Poems poetry by Marilyn Nelson, George Washington About Hardcover, 103 Pages, Published 2002 by Scholastic Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-439-45673-9, ISBN: 0-439-45673-8 |
 | | The Ladder(1st Edition) by Halfdan Wedel Rasmussen, Marilyn Nelson, Pierre Pratt Hardcover, 62 Pages, Published 2006 by Candlewick ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-2282-4, ISBN: 0-7636-2282-6 "A curious ladder inadvertently becomes a pathway to the clouds in this droll, interactive translation of an enchanting Danish poem.So first it did a little dance, then it did a little prance, then, as nicely as you please, it waddled off with stiff red knees. Once there was a jaunty ladder, abandoned by a mysterious carpenter, that sprung to life and decided to take a trip through the countryside. As time passed, the gentle ladder found ..." |
 | | Augusta Savage The Shape of a Sculptor's Life (Hardcover) by Marilyn Nelson Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2022 by Brown & Company Little Mrz 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-316-29802-5, ISBN: 0-316-29802-6 ""A powerful biography in poems about Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance-with an afterword by the curator of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture"--" |
 | | American Ace(Reprint) by Marilyn Nelson Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2035 by Speak ISBN-13: 978-0-14-751767-8, ISBN: 0-14-751767-2 "Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Toni Morrison, this novel in verse explores American history and race through the eyes of a teen boy embracing his newfound identity. Connor s grandmother leaves his dad a letter when she dies, and the letter s confession shakes their tight-knit Italian-American family: The man who raised Dad is not his birth father. But the only clues to this birth father s identity are a class ring and a pa ..." |
 | | I Remember Poems and Pictures of Heritage by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Janet S. Wong, Kwame Alexander, Douglas Florian, Ms Margarita Engle, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sean Qualls, Simone Shin, Insoo Kim, Michele Wood, Paula Barragan, Neil Waldman, Jeanne Rorex Bridges, Sawsan Chalabi, Rafael Lopez, R. Gregory Christie, Janine Macbeth, Charlotte Riley-Webb, Julie Downing, David Fadden, Daniel Minter, Juliet Menendez, Jorge Tetl Argueta, Marilyn Nelson, Nick Bruel, G. Neri, Jane Yolen, Joseph Bruchac, Carole Boston Weatherford Hardcover, 56 Pages, Published 2019 by Lee & Low Books ISBN-13: 978-1-62014-311-7, ISBN: 1-62014-311-9 "Starred review, Kirkus Reviews Starred review, Publishers Weekly Starred review, School Library Journal Best Books of 2019, Kirkus Reviews From the joyous to the poignant, poems by award-winning, diverse poets are paired with images by celebrated illustrators from similar backgrounds to pay homage to what is both unique and universal about growing up in the United States. Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander takes us on a riotous ride throu ..." |
 | | The Barns of Erie County by David Nelson, Marilyn Nelson 84 Pages, Published 2017 by Xlibris Corporation ISBN-13: 978-1-5434-2375-4, ISBN: 1-5434-2375-2 "For the barn lover, this book is a feast for the eyes! Contained in these pages is a collection of the incredible diversity of barns found in the Erie County area of Pennsylvania." |
 | | The Barns of Erie County by Marilyn Nelson Paperback, 84 Pages, Published 2017 by Xlibris ISBN-13: 978-1-5434-2373-0, ISBN: 1-5434-2373-6 "For the barn lover, this book is a feast for the eyes! Contained in these pages is a collection of the incredible diversity of barns found in the Erie County area of Pennsylvania. Many of the barns you see in these pages have fallen victim to the wind and weather found off the shores of Lake Erie and no longer exist. Owning a record of them in such a beautiful format is a valuable asset to any collection of images of American rural land ..." |
 | | Presence A Journal of Catholic Poetry 2017 by Marilyn Nelson, Robert Cording, Adele Kenny, Jane Mead, Philip Metres, Micheal O'siadhail, Melissa Range, Cathryn Hankla, Franz Wright, C. Dale Young 200 Pages, Published 2017 ISBN-13: 978-0-9988095-0-2, ISBN: 0-9988095-0-0 "A collection of new poems, translations, interviews, book reviews and essays on the life's work of significant poets, whose work is informed by or engages with the Catholic faith." |
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