Naomi Shihab Nye
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"Everything Comes Next contains Naomi Shihab Nye's most beloved poems, including "Famous," "A Valentine for Ernest Mann," "Kindness," and "Gate A-4," as well as new, unpublished poems. It is an introduction to the poet's work for new readers, as well as a comprehensive edition for classrooms"--
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Arab American Heritage Month for Young People
Children's Books for Cross-Cultural Understanding of Islamic Culture and Religion
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
Children's Books for Cross-Cultural Understanding of Islamic Culture and Religion
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
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A young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank.
When Mona, a young Arab-American girl, journeys with her father to the Middle East to meet her grandmother, she discovers that they share the universal bonds of family love
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Nineteen poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States. "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.
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"Nye at her engaging, insightful best." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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.
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Honey. Beeswax. Pollinate. Hive. Colony. Work. Dance. Communicate. Industrious. Buzz. Sting. Cooperate. Where would we be without them? 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 feeling curiously sweeter and profoundly soothed.
11) Fuel
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Poems that find meaning in a world where we are "so tired of meaning nothing."
Narrated by the author.
12) You and Yours
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Nye's last BOA collections, Red Suitcase, and, Fuel, have each sold over 12,000 copies. They are best-selling back titles. Red Suitcase is in its 5th printing. Fuel is in its 4th printing. This is her first collection since Fuel in 1998, so her many fans will be eager to read her new poems.
13) Transfer
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Naomi Shihab Nye is one of the most beloved and widely read poets in America. Her speaking engagements are booked by the Steven Barclay Agency, and she appears at schools, festivals, and conferences in excess of 100 times per year.
In January 2010 Naomi Shihab Nye was elected to the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets. Along with this honor, Nye has received a
Lannan Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Witter Bynner Fellowship...
14) Red Suitcase
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Poet, teacher, essayist, anthologist, songwriter and singer, Naomi Shihab Nye is one of the country's most acclaimed writers. Her voice is generous, her vision true, her subjects ordinary people, and ordinary situations which, when rendered through her language, become remarkable. In this, her fourth full collection of poetry, we see with new eyes - a grandmother's scarf, an alarm clock, a man carrying his son on his shoulders.
Narrated by the author....
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Internationally beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye places her Palestinian American identity center stage in her latest full-length poetry collection for adults. The collection is inspired by the story of Janna Jihad Ayyad, the "Youngest Journalist in Palestine," who at age 7 began capturing videos of anti-occupation protests using her mother's smartphone. Nye draws upon her own family's roots in a West Bank village near Janna's hometown to offer empathy...
17) Lullaby raft
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When the sun goes down, Mama sings a lullaby which tells of animals getting ready for the night.