Awards

• Commended for National Book Awards (Young People's Lit.) 2002
• Winner of Bookseller's Choice (Special Subjects) 2003
• Winner of Middle East Book Awards (Literature) 2003
• Winner of Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) (Silver) 2002

Overview

""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 her peace inside. Maybe they have something to tell us. Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.

Full Product Details

Author:   Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:   HarperCollins Children's Books
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 18.90cm
Weight:   0.238kg
ISBN:  

9780060097653

ISBN 10:   0060097655
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   16 April 2002
Recommended Age:   From 13 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  College/higher education ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Naomi 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 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions