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My America
A Poetry Atlas of the United States
By Hopkins, Lee Bennett & Alcorn, Stephen & Alcom, Stephen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68981-247-7
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 24, 2000
Gr 3-8 Seven regions plus Washington, DC, are explored through 51 poems by 40 different poets. The selections explore each area's geography, climate, or urban or rural features. Classic poets such as Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg, and Nikki Giovanni are represented along with David McCord, X. J. Kennedy, Myra Cohn Livingston, and Hopkins himself. Twenty poems were commissioned especially for the book. Alcorn's paintings reflect the emotional range of the poem...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
