A Girl Becoming
Written by Joy Harjo
Illustrated by Mercedes McDonald
Recognizing that coming-of-age can be one of the most confusing stages
in a person's life, Harjo composed For a Girl Becoming as a gift
for her first grandchild as she moved from childhood to womanhood.
Not just for children, this ritual poem-song speaks
to that part of each of us who still stands at the
door of becoming.
University of Arizona Press
The Good Luck Cat
Written by Joy Harjo
Illustrated by Paul Lee
As Woogie gets into one mishap after another, everyone starts to worry. Can a good luck cat's good luck run out?
The first children's book from an acclaimed poet whose honors include the American Book Award and the William Carlos Williams Award.
Celebrates the special relationship between a young girl and her cat •A modern Native American story from a member of the Muskogee-Creek tribe.
Hardcover/Harcourt Brace
Poetry Speaks to Children
Read by Joy Harjo and 51 other poets
Illustrated by Paul Lee
In the tradition of Poetry Speaks, the anthology named a Best Book of 2002 by School Library Journal, and praised by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as "a volume to delight longtime lovers of poetry and to spark new love for poetry, especially among the young," Sourcebooks MediaFusion is proud to introduce the joy of the written and spoken word in Poetry Speaks to Children.
Parents, educators, librarians, and poetry enthusiasts have wondered for years how to get children really interested in poetry. Until now, there hasn't been a collection of poems and poets that spoke directly to that elusive audience. Poetry Speaks to Children cracks through that barrier by packaging the best poems by the best authors along with a CD-making the engrossing and often mischievous verses come alive in the voices of many of the creators.
Poetry Speaks to Children reaches into the world of poetry and pulls out the elements children love: rhyme, rhythm, fun and, every once in a while, a little mischief.
More than 90 poems, for children ages six and up, celebrate the written word and feature a star-studded lineup of beloved poets, including Eagle Poem by Joy Harjo
Hardcover/Grades 3-8
Like all good children’s books, this one will appeal to adults; it speaks to girls and women at all stages of “becoming.” Its words bestow blessing. It offers understanding. Its language is love. A delightful gift for a girl at any stage of becoming a woman.
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