A collection of poems that tell the story of Ludie, a poor woman in a coal-mining town in West Virginia, from her childhood to her adolescent years, and then through her married life into her old age.
An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems for children about Ireland by William Butler Yeats. Includes an introduction about the poet's life and work.
A collection of more than fifty poems and paintings that reflect Americans' views on and response to warfare from the American Revolution through the Iraq War.
Presents poems that adopt the voices of soldiers, commanders, and slaves and other civilians during the Civil War, pairing each poem with a period photo, and includes facts on the conflict.
A collection of twenty poems of the Harlem Renaissance by leaders of the cultural movement including Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and James Weldon along with brief profiles of each poet.
A collection of poetic portraits of sixteen famous Americans from Paul Revere to Neil Armstrong, by such authors as Jane Yolen, Nikki Grimes, and X. J. Kennedy.