Poems for each month of the year celebrate the themes of family love, individuality, and Afro-American identity.

From patchwork-quilt farmland to the winding red roads, from sandy beaches to the endless stars at night, Apples and Butterflies shows Prince Edward Island shining in the bright blue and gold light of fall. Shauntay Grant's award-winning poetry and Tamara Thiébaux Heikalo's rich and wild illustrations pull the reader towards the wide-open space of the island.

A collection of poems written from the point of view of a childwith a black mother and a white father.

An illustrated poem depicting the beauty and diversity of a city at night.

Presents a turn-of-the-century black family's encounter with St. Nick as he delivers his presents before flying off into the night.

"Twelve-year-old Güero, a red-headed, freckled Mexican American border kid, discovers the joy of writing poetry, thanks to his seventh grade English teacher." --

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rhett Miller teams up with Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat in a riotous collection of irreverent poems for modern families. In the tradition of Shel Silverstein, these poems bring a fresh new twist to the classic dilemmas of childhood as well as a perceptive eye to the foibles of modern family life. Full of clever wordplay- and toilet humor to spare-- these twenty-three rhyming poems make for an ideal read-aloud experience....

In the style of Clement Moore's familiar Christmas poem, tells of a family's last minute preparations for summer vacation.