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OverviewFirst love, friendship, school, family, community, having a crush, loving your mother and hating your mother, sense of self, body image, hopes and dreams . . . these sixty-two original poems-written expressly for this collection-will speak to girls of all ages (from twelve to 112!) Full Product DetailsAuthor: Naomi Shihab Nye , Terre MaherPublisher: Greenwillow Books Imprint: Greenwillow Books Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 18.80cm Weight: 0.254kg ISBN: 9780060581893ISBN 10: 0060581891 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 15 March 2005 Recommended Age: From 13 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Children / Juvenile , Educational: Primary & Secondary Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsNye begins her newest volume of 72 original poems with a wonderful, compact introduction in which she remembers her own rough years of transition and, like her beloved ceramics teacher, hopes to impart faith about 'growing up.' Writing for girls 12 and older, the author encourages her readers to write three lines down in a notebook every day . . . you will find out what you notice, and these poems, one imagines, could have indeed started out as scribbled details . . . crumbs to help me find my way back. They often deal with the everyday, smaller moments of childhood-a very large spider named Rose, the ring of a vegetable truck, a little chair, a flour sifter-through which quiet pings of meaning reverberate. Subtly, each of the five sections reflects the poet growing older; what she pays attention to changes and, with seeming simplicity, makes uncanny connections visible. From Sifter : When good days came / I would try to contain them gently / the way flour remains / in the sifter until you turn the handle. A gem. (index) (Poetry. YA) (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationNaomi Shihab Nye is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of Habibi: A Novel and Sitti's Secrets, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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