Tell the World

Informationen zum Autor Writers Corps was founded in 1994 in three American urban centers—San Francisco, California, Washington, D.C., and the Bronx, New York—with a mission to transform lives through the written word. Since its inception, the organization has helped forty thousand children and teenagers improve their writing skills and express their ideas and experiences. WritersCorps has published two collections of teen poems with HarperTeen: Paint Me Like I Am and Tell the World . Klappentext Through poetry we tell the world who we are, where we're from, what we love, what we think, how we feel, and why we hope. Tell the World is a stunning collection of poems by teens who have taken part in workshops run by WritersCorps, a national alliance of literary arts programs for youth. Their words represent the thoughts, hopes, and dreams of teens everywhere, offering both insight and empathy. Zusammenfassung Through poetry we tell the world who we are! where we're from! what we love! what we think! how we feel! and why we hope. With a foreword by hip-hop artist and celebrated urban poet Common! Tell the World  is a stunning collection of poems by teens who have taken part in workshops run by WritersCorps! a national alliance of literary arts programs for youth. Their words represent the thoughts! hopes! and dreams of teens everywhere! offering both insight and empathy.

Product details

• Authors: WritersCorps, Sherman (FRW) WritersCorps/ Alexie
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9780061345043
• ISBN: 978-0-06-134504-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 181 mm x 7 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Art, music; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Poetry *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Language Arts / Journal Writing *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Social Topics / Assimilation *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Social Topics / Bullying *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Social Topics / Peer Pressure *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Social Topics / Violence *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: People & Places / General *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Language Arts / Grammar *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: African American & Black