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Brian P. Cleary
This poetry collection introduces a wide range of poetic forms from around the world. It includes examples of forms such as haiku and acrostics, with clear definitions for each. The poems range across many subjects and use puns and other wordplay. One poem imagines eating alphabet soup and experiencing a comical result. Colorful illustrations and back matter accompany the varied forms.
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Law and Justice We Sing from the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme CourtMia WenjenThis account follows Simon Tam and his rock band, The Slants, as they fight to keep their chosen name. The band members had themselves been called the racial slur in the name, and their struggle over it reached the Supreme Court in a case about free speech. Along with the band’s story, the book includes short biographies of other Asian American activists, source material, song lyrics, and digital artwork. Music, identity, racial prejudice, and legal rights are central to the book’s subject.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Violin of HopeElla SchwartzA violin taken and discarded by the Nazis is restored with care after years of silence. Its new owner plays it in concert halls, filling them with Jewish music. Based on the true work of luthiers who repair violins from the Holocaust era, the story also recalls a father whose violin music can be quick and lively or slow and sorrowful. The book traces the instrument’s movement from loss to renewed sound.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Everybody’s Book: The Story of the Sarajevo HaggadahLinda Leopold StraussThis true story follows a hand-painted and hand-lettered haggadah from a Jewish couple’s wedding gift in fourteenth-century Spain to its later life as the Sarajevo Haggadah. After the family fled the Inquisition, the book traveled through Italy and Bosnia and entered Sarajevo’s National Museum. Over centuries, people helped protect it from theft and destruction, including during World War II and the 1991 bombing of the museum. Its journey includes preservation across religious communities and times of war.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details