George Ella Lyon
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Born in the small, eastern Kentucky coal-mining town of Harlan, George Ella Lyon began her career with Mountain, a chapbook of poems. She has since published many more books in multiple genres and for readers of all ages, but poetry remains at the heart of her work. Many-Storied House is her fifth collection. While teaching aspiring writers, Lyon asked her students to write a poem based on memories rooted in a house where they had lived. Working on...
3) Trains run!
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal different kinds of trains, how they run, and the sounds they make.
6) Planes fly!
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Illustrations and easy-to-read rhyming text celebrate different kinds of planes, their instruments, what they carry, and what it is like to go for a flight.
7) Trucks roll!
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal many different--and sometimes silly--items that trucks can haul.
8) Boats float!
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In rhyming text the reader is introduced to all the different kinds of boats floating on rivers, lakes, oceans, and ponds.
13) Time to fly
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"A mama bird tries to convince a baby bird to leave the nest"--
14) Come a tide
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A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.
16) Mother to tigers
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Tells the story of how Helen Frances Theresa Delaney Martini cared for baby zoo animals, started the first zoo nursery and became the first woman zookeeper at the Bronx Zoo.
17) One lucky girl
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Even though their trailer is destroyed by a tornado, a young boy's family is grateful because they find his baby sister alive.
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Six fictional characters, in cycles of linked poems, relate their memories of the historic day in 1963 when more than 250,000 people from across the United States joined together to march on Washington, D.C., calling for civil and economic rights for African Americans.
The powerful poems in this poignant collection weave together multiple voices to tell the story of the March on Washington, DC, in 1963. From the woman singing through a terrifying...