| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Summary |
A collection of works by poets and illustrators of diverse backgrounds sharing memorable childhood and family experiences and reflecting on their different heritages, traditions, and beliefs. |
| Contents |
Image / Simone Shin -- Mother's Day ; Speak up / Janet S. Wong -- Image / Insoo Kim -- Image / Michele Wood -- Here's what I remember / Kwame Alexander -- La visita / Margarita Engle -- Image / Paula Barragan -- Image / Neil Waldman -- Grandpa / Douglas Florian -- Amazing Auntie Anne / Cynthia Leitich Smith -- Image / Jeanne Rorex Bridges -- Far, far away (for Palestine) / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Image / Sawsan Chalabi -- Image / Rafael Lopez -- Tepechapa River / Jorge Tetle Argueta -- Image / R. Gregory Christie -- Route 66 / Marilyn Nelson -- Pick one / Nick Bruel -- Image / Janine Macbeth -- Gumbo nation / G. Neri -- Image / Charlotte Riley-Webb -- Calling home / Jane Yolen -- Image / Julie Downing -- Rez Road / Joseph Bruchac -- Image / David Kanietakeron Fadden -- Image / Daniel Minter -- What my kinfolk made / Carole Boston Weatherford -- Image / Juliet Mendez -- My Quinceanera / Guadalupe Garcia McCall -- About the poets and artists. |
| Reading Level |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.1 1 508754. |
| Subject(S) |
Families.
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Culture.
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Identity (Psychology)
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Memory.
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Children's poetry, American.
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American poetry.
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Poetry.
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Fiction.
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| Added Name(S) |
Hopkins, Lee Bennett, compiler.
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Alexander, Kwame, author.
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Barragán, Paula, 1963- illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Poems and pictures of heritage |
| ISBN |
9781620143117 (hardcover) |
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