| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 241 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
"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most beloved poems, including "Famous," "A Valentine for Ernest Mann," "Kindness," and "Gate A-4," as well as new, unpublished poems.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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12 Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. |
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Grades 4-6 Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. |
| Contents |
Come with me -- Courage -- Messages from everywhere -- Please describe how you became a writer -- How to paint a donkey -- Supple cord -- Yellow glove -- Always bring a pencil -- Way they talk about art -- Sometimes I pretend -- Making a fist -- Sifter -- House made of rain -- Living with mistakes --- Boy and Mom at the Nutcracker ballet -- So there -- Editorial suggestions -- Dusk -- Mind of squash -- Necessity is only 8 miles away -- Little Blanco River -- Burning house -- His life -- Because of libraries we can say these things -- Cat plate -- Famous -- Museum -- Little boys running on the dock -- One boy told me -- How far is it to the land we left? -- Something forgotten -- Traveling onion -- Lost parrot -- Before you can -- Blood -- My father and the figtree -- Arabic coffee -- Red brocade -- During a war -- For Mohammed Zeid of Gaza, age 15 -- Day -- Everything in our world did not seem to fit -- Pictures from the occupied territories -- My grandmother in the stars -- It is not a game, it was never a game -- What kind of fool am I? -- Every day was your birthday -- Before I was a Gazan -- Double peace -- Amir & Anna -- Jerusalem -- Two counties -- Wedding cake -- So much happiness -- San Antonio -- United -- Pause -- Bill's beans -- Alphabet -- Lying while birding -- At Portales, New Mexico -- Nez Perce -- I still have everything you gave me -- If the shoe doesn't fit -- Tassajara -- Valentine for Ernest Mann -- Young poets of Winnipeg -- Shopper -- Art of disappearing -- Missing the boat -- Feeling wise -- Mysterious world -- Three hundred goats -- Storyteller -- Burlington, Vermont -- I don't know -- Mom gives away your ties -- Few questions for Bashar Assad -- Rain -- Shoulders -- Hummingbird -- What is supposed to happen -- Alive -- You are your own state department -- Communication skills -- Exotic animals, book for children -- Frogs did not forget -- Cross that line -- Ted Kooser is my president -- No one thinks of Tegucigalpa -- Broken -- Rider -- Torn map -- Problems with the story -- Paris -- Gate A-4 -- Only pine nuts can stop a war -- Mediterranean blue -- On doubt and bad reviews -- Common funeral myths -- World of the future, we thirsted -- I won't tell -- Early bird -- Lake Oswego -- Window -- Long marriage -- Confluence -- Do not touch the puffins -- Grocery store -- Montana before breakfast -- Mona's taco -- Tanya's winter -- Big song -- Altar of the steaming cup -- Getting older, Japan -- His love -- Blue river of Florida light -- Kindness. |
| Subject |
Children's poetry, American.
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American poetry
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / General.
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Children's poetry, American. (OCoLC)fst00856347
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| Genre/Form |
Children's poetry.
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
9780063013452 (hardcover) |
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0063013452 |
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9780063013476 (ebook) |
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