children's poetry

"Qui?en va lento y qui?en va r?apido?" "Who is fast, and who is slow?" A car seems fast compared to a bicycle, but relative to a snail, a bike moves quickly. A charming, bilingual rhyming story that is not about Einstein's theory of relativity, but something just as important: the concept that "everything is relative.".

Illustrations and simple text introduce young readers to dinosaurs and how they lived.

"Sal?i a pasear solo / para o?ir el silencio adentro m?io." "I went for a walk alone / to hear silence inside me." Short poems explore the wonder without and within.

Features a children's poem about a pigeon who sees the city from a unique perspective. Is accompanied by colorful illustrations.

Features colorful illustrations and poetic text that celebrate the sights and sounds of summertime in the city for African American girls.

A collection of bilingual poems that explore how a native boy's connection to Mother Earth heals the wounds of racism. Describes the boy's discovery of self-acceptance through experiencing the mountains, wind, corn, and stones.

Ivy patiently waits for the coming of spring, in a poem utilizing excerpts from famous poets including Wordsworth, Longfellow, e.e. cummings, and Dickinson.

Uses dark illustrations and spooky limericks to playfully tease young readers who may enjoy a simple scary moment.

A collection of poems that portray the essence of the season between summer and winter.