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Things are looking up for super kid Isaiah Dunn. He and his little sister, Charlie, are getting used to staying with Miz Rita, and Mama's feeling better. Isaiah's poetry business with Angel is taking off, and his best friend, Sneaky, always has a new hustle. Plus, Isaiah has his dad's journals for a story or if he needs advice....Like maybe now, because starting middle school is hard. Especially when his mentee Kobe won't stop making trouble. Isaiah...

Thanks to the encouragement of Ms. Coco, the gifted and talented teacher, A.J. becomes a popular school poet during National Poetry Month.

From the New York Times bestselling author/illustrator of Max the Brave comes an inspiring and adorable picture book about a pair of unlikely friends who face down a pack of bullies. In this timely and charming story about the importance of being true to yourself, mindfulness, and standing by your friends, we meet Leonard, a lion, and his best friend Marianne, a . . . duck. Leonard and Marianne have a happy life togethertalking, playing, writing poems,...

Twelve-year-old Güero is Mexican American, at home with Spanish or English and on both sides of the river. He's starting 7th grade with a woke English teacher who knows how to make poetry cool. In Spanish, "Güero" is a nickname for guys with pale skin, Latino or Anglo. But make no mistake: our red-headed, freckled hero is puro mexicano, like Canelo Álvarez, the Mexican boxer. Güero is also a nerd--reader, gamer, musician--who runs with a squad...

In this parody of the famous poem by Clement C. Moore, Santa Claus is a trucker in a red jumpsuit and cap who pays a visit to those at the Midway truck stop on Christmas Eve.

Introduces the sights and sounds of the changing seasons, along city streets and in country meadow.

A collection of original poems celebrates everyday sources of wonder and discovery in a toddler's world and features engaging images of little ones banging pots and pans, splashing in the bath, and cuddling at bedtime.

Celebrating the arrival of spring by writing a poem and tying it artfully to a tree, little Sylvia is surprised when another poem is delivered in response, triggering a heartwarming poetic correspondence and new friendship. A first picture book.

Living in an old car with her brother and mother after her father leaves to find work, Angie struggles to cope with the difficulties of life as a homeless person until she discovers slam poetry as a vehicle for expressing herself.