Life Poetry

Instead of trying to be like everyone else, be that one in a million. When you're true to yourself, you can accomplish anything! This story provides meaningful advice for young listeners, showing them that it is okay to be unique. You Are One in a Million! is a special poem for children of all ages that encourages uniqueness, bravery, independence, and authenticity. A fun, sweet, and heartwarming poem that challenges the special young listener in your life to be themselves and ask: How can I make today special?

As children all over the world get ready for bed, the moon watches over them. The moon knows that when we sleep, we dream. And when we dream, we imagine what is possible and what the world can be. With poetic prose, Goodnight Racism delivers important messages about antiracism, justice, and equality in an easy-to-listen format that empowers listeners both big and small. Goodnight Racism gives children the language to dream of a better world and is the perfect audiobook to add to their social justice toolkit.

Trini: My Life of Poems is a story of determination, courage, and unyielding faith. Each poem is a chapter in a life filled with a single mom's struggles and perseverance. Breathe in each line, and share those experiences, viewing them through the windows of her eyes.

On a surprisingly snowy day in Texas, a young student finds himself braving recess alone…that is, until he spots a new face sitting on the school's Buddy Bench. After a quick introduction, the two spend their recess discovering fun ways to enjoy the snow. By the end of recess, both kids leave the playground with a brand new friend. This sweet story of friendship brings the Buddy Bench's purpose to life.

Come experience the non-stop excitement of having to keep up with your energy-filled grandpa while he’s in town visiting you on vacation. He’s going to make each day the best day you have ever had. There’s not a minute to waste, because you are about to pack an entire summer of fun into a week. There’s no way of knowing just what all can happen when grandpa gets going.

In our post-feminist society, nothing is hotter than women who not only do so-called guy things, but take it one step further and do alpha male things, while at the same time still retain their classical femininity. Femininity is changing and women who participate in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) have become the new sex symbols. Through poetry, this work celebrates three well known female MMA stars.

Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule - until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongós. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang and danced and decided that both girls and boys should be free to drum and dream.

Not an amount. Just how long is forever? What happens when time ends never? What will we do without watching a clock? What will we do after eternity has lost its lock? Will we use it learning to use our new wings? Or will we stand around praising the King? Will we spend it holding the family we had missed? Or use it to learn the names of the angels in our midst? Forever is ticks of time we will never have to count. Forever is a gathering of moments and not an amount.

"Your flowers are no longer his take them back reclaim them and let them blossom into its true self first water and give them the sunlight of healing they need then look at the beauty and embrace the change." Surviving a night of horrible violence through human trafficking, Grace now shares her poetry uncovered through the unfortunate event. Pouring her heart out through her pen, she shares the suffering, pain, beauty, and love, that is surviving and healing.

Money Plan follows Mia and her mommy on their Saturday morning trip through the grocery store. When Mia spots her favorite treat, she gets a lesson on the value of saving and budgeting. Children will enjoy this rhyming introduction to the basics of money management.

From the creators of Odyssey Honor award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga comes this companion book of truths about the history, contemporary laws, policies and struggles, and victories of Native Americans, presented in lyrical verse by 12 children, and each with the powerful refrain: We Are Still Here.

New York Times best-selling author Emily Winfield Martin joyously and thoughtfully shares the different ways of giving and loving. Like a beautifully wrapped gift, life's everyday moments are precious: In both the little things and the big things, we can all find wonder. From a feather, to a hug, to a sunset, this book captures these gifts to remind listeners how much they are loved and how incredible this world we share is.

Inspired by the flight of the majestic black raven, Acorn has big dreams of touching the sky, grasping at the moon, and towering as a guardian of the forest. His epic journey teaches the young and the young-at-heart, a universal lesson about uncertainty, self-discovery, resilience, and becoming.

C'è chi ha paura del lupo, chi del buio, chi dell'orco cattivo! Tante filastrocche semplici e divertenti per aiutare i bambini a superare le proprie paure e ad affrontare i momenti di difficoltà! Una simpatica raccolta di componimenti in rima per trasformare tutti i mostri dell'infanzia in creature buffe e simpatiche!

A chi non è mai capitato di andare su tutte le furie per qualche sciocco motivo? Che si sia adulti o bambini la rabbia è un sentimento che proviamo proprio tutti! Perché quindi demonizzare questa emozione? In fondo la rabbia, se ben gestita, non è poi così brutta e cattiva perché permette di liberarci da un peso che diventa insostenibile. Ecco quindi una raccolta di filastrocche per insegnare ai più piccoli a manifestarla senza esagerare, esprimendo così le proprie emozioni.

A celebration of a child's growing self awareness, and a prime example of how books can contribute to this. Whether brave or shy, strong or weak, in the end, the young boy celebrates all different and apparently contradictory parts of himself.

In this charming book, a Jewish family celebrates the arrival of a baby.

We evolve. As human beings, through the different stages of our lives, we evolve into different versions of ourselves until we get to an age, where we know who we are meant to be. Kiss you love, goodbye the author explores the complexities of adulthood and all of the inner thoughts we have about ourselves and our experiences. Themes of self-discovery, family dynamics, love, loss, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, healing, and personal growth. The poems in this book span over 30 years of the author's life from her early college years of "Who am I?" to her late 40's of "This is who I am".

For some time I have thought about and even meditated on the work of poetry recent to the body of this interview series, as created by the excellent Roman Catholic Christian poet Philip Kolin, of Mississippi, USA. His recent collection is titled "Reading God's Handwriting: Poems," as published by Kaufmann Publishing.

A gem of a chapbook, Scattered Reflections is an eclectic romp through the chockablock playroom of its ever-accumulating, culturally urbane author.