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Title:
Days to celebrate : a full year of poetry, people, holidays, history, fascinating facts and more
Author:
Hopkins, Lee Bennett.
ISBN:
9780060007652

9780060007669
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Edition:
1st. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2005.
Physical Description:
112 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Contents:
From "In memoriam" / Arithmetic / A question for Martin / Aphorisms / Prayer for the lunar new year / My people / Groundhog / Flying man / Weather / I love you / From "The rainy day" / Remembering Marian Anderson / Freedom! / Irish song for St. Patrick / Spring / Introduction to poetry / Blue-butterfly day / Pencils / If you believe me / From "More opposites" / Earth, what will you give me? / Little birds / Comments on poetry / Mother to son / There was a young lady of Firle / There was an old man with a beard / Fossil finds / Memorial Day / Now lift me close / Skipper / A father's hands / From "Stay, June, stay" / The river is a piece of sky / First lady of twentieth-century sports

From Sing-Song / Fourth of July parade / The ringmaster / St. Swithin's Day proverb / The new colossus / Evening: Ponte al mare, Pisa / The eagle / Casey at the bat / Wishing for winter in summer / Labor Day / From James Lee / Oh, the Lord is good to me / The naming of cats / Me x 2 yo x 2 / Treasure words / In the moon of falling leaves / Soccer / Subways are people / From Chansons innocentes, II / Windshield wipers / Windy nights / Two lives are yours / Thanksgiving / Iroquois prayer / I heard a bird sing / Muffs / From Near the window tree / The Year
Abstract:
Provides a listing of events, births of famous people, and holidays, with information and poetry about the twelve months of the year.
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