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Category: Poetry

Review: Waiting for a Sign by Esty Schachter

Waiting for a Sign, by Esty Schachter (Lewis Court Press, 2014)

Waiting for a Sign
by Esty Schachter
(Lewis Court Press, 2014)

There’s a lovely word play …

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IBBY Review: Roses Are Blue by Sally Murphy and Gabriel Evans

Roses Are Blue, written by Sally Murphy, illustrated by Gabriel Evans (Walker Books Australia, 2014) - IBBY Oustanding Books For and About Children with Disabilities

I Am Not My Disability: Outstanding Books …

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Review: A Rainbow in My Pocket by Ali Seidabadi and Hoda Haddadi

A Rainbow in My Pocket, written by Alia Seidabadi, illustrated by Hoda Haddadi (Tiny Owl Publishing, 2016)

A Rainbow in My Pocket
written by Ali Seidabadi, illustrated by Hoda Haddadi
(Tiny Owl Books, 2016 – first published in …

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Revisited: Where the Steps Were by Andrea Cheng

Where the Steps Were, by Andrea Cheng (Wordsong, 2008)Where the Steps Were
by Andrea Cheng
(Wordsong, 2008)

 

Where the Steps Were is a story told in verse by five third-grade students in an inner-city school, who all come under …

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Escaping Conflict, Seeking Peace: Picture books that relate refugee stories, and their importance

This article was a presentation given at the 2012 IBBY Congress in London, first posted here and developed from a PaperTigers.org Personal View, “Caught up in Conflict: Refugee stories about and for young people“.
A bibliography with links to relevant websites is listed by title can be …

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Revisited – Voice from Afar: Poems of Peace by Tony Johnston and Susan Guevara

Voice

 

Voice from Afar: Poems of Peace
written by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Susan Guevara
(Holiday House, 2008)

 

Every so often a book comes along that you know will stay with you …

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Keeping a Green Tree in your Heart: A Selection of Tree-Themed Poetry Books

Tree-Themed Multicultural Children's Poetry Books

To give the Chinese proverb in its entirety, ‘Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come’ – and to extend the …

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Review: I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail

 I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail, illustrated by Ramsingh Urveti, designed by Jonathan Yamakami (Tara Books, 2011)

I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail
Illustrated by Ramsingh Urveti, designed by Jonathan Yamakami
Tara Books, 2011

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Review: Let’s Play by Debjani Chatterjee, Brian D’Arcy and Shirin Adl

Let's Play! Poems About Sports and Games from Around the World, edited by Debjani Chatterjee and Brian D'Arcy, illustrated by Shirin AdlLet’s Play: Poems About Sports and Games from Around the World
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