Honeybee - Poems & Short Prose

"Nye''s sheer joy in communicating, creativity, and caring shine through."-- Kirkus Reviews A moving and celebratory poetry collection from Young People''s Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye. This resonant volume explores the similarities we share with the people around us--family, friends, and complete strangers. Honey. Beeswax. Pollinate. Hive. Colony. Work. Dance. Communicate. Industrious. Buzz. Sting. Cooperate. Where would we be without honeybees? Where would we be without one another? In eighty-two poems and paragraphs (including the renowned Gate A-4 ), Naomi Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time--our loved ones, our dense air, our wars, our memories, our planet--and leaves us feeling curiously sweeter and profoundly soothed. Includes an introduction by the poet .

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Naomi Shihab Nye, Nye Naomi Shihab
• Verlag: Greenwillow Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 26.02.2008
• EAN: 9780060853907
• ISBN: 978-0-06-085390-7
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 127 mm x 181 mm x 18 mm
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher > Vorlesebücher, Märchen, Sagen, Reime, Lieder; Middle East, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Playscripts, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Poetry / Humorous, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Poetry / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Readers / Beginner, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / Middle East, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Drama, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Places / Middle East