Griffiths, Andy
Summary: A collection of nine humorous stories in rhyme. Suggested level: junior, primary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRIMorales, Yuyi
Summary: In this version of a traditional tale, Senor Calavera arrives at Grandma Beetle's door, ready to take her to the next life, but after helping her count, in English and Spanish, as she makes her birthday preparations, he changes his mind. In this original trickster tale, Senor Calavera arrives unexpectedly at Grandma Beetle's door. He requests that she leave with him right away. "Just a minute,"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MORSappho.
Summary: "A bilingual edition of the work of the Greek poet Sappho, in a new translation by Anne Carson. Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos from about 630 B.C. She was a musical genius who devoted her life to composing and performing songs. Of the nine books of lyrics Sappho is said to have composed, none of the music is extant and only one poem has survived complete. All the rest are fragments. In If...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 489.3 SAPSummary: Mexican Poetry has flourished during the last thirty years, and this ambitious multi-lingual anthology surveys the vibrant and eclectic work of poets born after 1950. The poetry of this new generation reflects a wealth of backgrounds, regions, styles, and especially influences -- including traditional and inventive narrative, formalism, lyrics, suites, and experimental verse. This is also the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 REVUrban Village
Contents: Indhold: Izivunguvungu(4:17 min) -- Dindi(3:09 min) -- Ubaba(4:37 min) -- Ubusuku(4:12 min) -- Madume(4:21 min) -- Sakhisizwe(3:05 min) -- Marabi(4:20 min) -- Umuthi(4:04 min) -- Inkani(4:25 min) -- Makolo Yanga(5:38 min) -- Empty K-Set(2:24 min) -- Umhlaba Wonke / feat. Msaki(3:40 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: No Format 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN URBKrauss, Viktor
Contents: Indhold: For a good time ; Far from enough ; Overcast ; Tended ; Philo ; Big log ; Plaground ; Grit lap ; Sunday afternoon man ; Side street ; Here to be me ; Split window
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nonesuch 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY KRARobertson, Robbie
Summary: Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the Iroquois oral tradition. Now he shares the same gift of storytelling with a new generation. Hiawatha was a strong and articulate Mohawk who was chosen to translate the Peacemaker's message of unity for the five warring Iroquois nations during the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Wau Wau Collectif
Contents: Indhold: Le Paix du Senegal(3:07 min) -- Baye Kate / Babacar "Babadi" Diol, lead vocals(1:35 min) -- Mariage Forcé / Ndikou Diouf, lead vocals(4:30 min) -- Thiaroye 1944 / Mouhamodou Lo, lead vocals(2:51 min) -- Xale / children from Toubab Dialaw, vocals(3:40 min) -- Le Repaire Spirituel / Arouna Kane, lead vocals(3:12 min) -- Yay Balma(3:30 min) -- Pitchou Goudibi(2:20 min) -- Nécessaire /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sahel Sounds 2022
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN WAUAda, Alma Flor
Summary: Simple poems and glorious paintings offer a deeply moving portrait of migrant Chicano farmworker families at work and play.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Eulate, Ana A. de
Summary: A story of a little Afghan girl's dreams of peace
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cuento de Luz SL 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WLD Culture Eulate 2012Plath, Sylvia.
Summary: Contains in sequence all the poetry written by the author from 1956 until her suicide in 1963, together with fifty selections from her pre-1956 work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1981
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Place a hold to request this item.Everson, Caroline
Summary: "In fourteen gentle stanzas, sleepy & dash-eyed children throughout history draw comfort from bedtime tales and tender lullabies. Here, their innate curiosity about the world around them is satisfied by timeless music that drifts through centuries on the wind. Loving parents sing of white polar bears, northern lights, sea creatures, and woodland animals that dance under the stars and visit each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fifth House Publishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 EVEPeters, Lisa Westberg
Summary: "If you're a curious child and you get a new dog, you discover all kinds of things. Gravity has new meaning, when you're racing down a slide toward your eager-beaver dog waiting at the bottom (uh-oh!). Friction has a new meaning, when your slippery dog escapes from the bath (soap+fingers=not enough friction). But love has a new meaning too, when you and your cosmic dog become the center of your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsong, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 PETCoombs, Kate.
Summary: Come down to the shore with this rich and vivid celebration of the ocean! With watercolors gorgeous enough to wade in by award-winning artist Meilo So and playful, moving poems by Kate Coombs, Water Sings Blue evokes the beauty and power, the depth and mystery, and the endless resonance of the sea.--Book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2012