| Description |
x, 241 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Edward Hirsch. The Holy Land of childhood -- 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 ; The way they talk about art ; Sometimes I pretend ; Making a fist ; Sifter ; The house made of rain ; Living with mistakes ; Boy and mom at the Nutcracker Ballet ; So there ; Editorial suggestions ; Dusk ; The mind of squash ; Necessity is only 8 miles away ; The 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 ; The traveling onion ; The lost parrot . The Holy Land that isn't -- Before you can go ; Blood ; My father and the figtree ; Arabic coffee ; Red brocade ; During a war ; For Mohammed Zeid of Gaza, age 15 ; The day ; Everything in our world did not seem to fit ; Pictures from the occupied territories ; My grandmother in the stars ; What kind of fool am I? ; Every day was your birthday ; Before I was Gazan ; Double peace ; Amir & Anna ; Jerusalem. People are the only Holy Land -- Two countries ; 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 ; The young poets of Winnipeg ; The shopper ; The 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 ; A 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 ; The frogs did not forget ; Cross that line ; Ted Kooser is my president ; No one thinks of Tegucigalpa ; Broken ; The 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 streaming cup ; Getting older, Japan ; His love ; Blue River of Florida Light ; Kindness ; Slim thoughts. |
| 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 |
| Subject |
American poetry -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Poetry.
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| Added Author |
López, Rafael, 1961- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780063013452 (hardback) |
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