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What the ice gets

Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916 : a poem
2000

Elegy on the death of Cesar Chavez

2000
A poem eulogizing the Mexican American labor activist Cesar Chavez and his work helping organize migrant farm workers.

Song of the camels

a Christmas poem
1997
A poem describes the journey of camels carrying the Wise Men to see the new-born baby Jesus.

The poet slave of Cuba

a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
2009
A portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797.

La cabalgata de Paul Revere

1996
The famous narrative poem recreating Paul Revere's midnight ride in 1775 to warn the people of the Boston countryside that the British were coming.

Praise song for the day

a poem for Barack Obama's presidential inauguration
2012
An illustrated interpretation of the poem that was commissioned for the 44th president's inauguration conveys a message of hope and gratitude as well as a reminder of the responsibilities we share to help promote a better world.

Che in Verse

2007
Contains 134 poems and songs about or containing references to Argentine-Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, drawn from more than fifty countries.

Tennyson's legends of King Arthur

Idylls of the king
2009
Sets episodes from Tennyson's classic poem alongside detailed drawings to illustrate the legend of King Arthur from the rise and fall of Camelot, the Knights of the Round Table, Lancelot and Guinevere, and more.

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