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"A poetry collection from the New York Times bestselling poet. Within, poems turn over the strange relationships between the body and the mind, the self and the world. With her signature tenderness and clarity of observation, and with stunning swoops of imagination, Smith considers--and reconsiders--what it is to be human: Does one life matter in the grand scheme of space and time? How can it be that we are the same people we were ten, twenty, or...

Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet gorgeously illustrates the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver for the first time in picture book form. Have you heard them singing in the wind, above the final fields?Have you ever been so happy in your life? Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most beloved poets. Introducing her unforgettable words to children for the very first time, her poem "Goldfinches"...

From the beginning of his career, Edgar Allen Poe considered himself first and foremost a poet. In his prose works Poe is best remembered for his tales of psychological horror and suspense, but it is in his poetry that we find the true artist, struggling with the themes that More...were the most important to him and the closest to his bones.

Through a series of poems, children thank each person, from bus drivers to teachers, who helps make their school day possible.

"An exquisite celebration of the richness of the African heritage behind braids, locs, cornrows and all manner of "crowning glory", from ancient times to present day."-- Provided by publisher.