| Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose Contributor(s): Nye, Naomi Shihab (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060853905 ISBN-13: 9780060853907 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Nye ("A Maze Me: Poems for Girls") pays tribute to the essentials in life--loved ones, memories, the planet--in this new collection of more than 80 poems sure to leave readers feeling curiously sweeter and profoundly soothed. Features beautiful jacket art by Chris Raschka. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - Humorous - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers - Beginner |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2007036742 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.69" W x 7.5" (0.55 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Honey. Beeswax. Pollinate. Hive. Colony. Work. Dance. Communicate. Industrious. Buzz. Sting. Cooperate. Where would we be without them? Where would we be without one another? In eighty-two poems and paragraphs, Naomi Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time--our loved ones, our dense air, our wars, our memories, our planet--and leaves us feeling curiously sweeter and profoundly soothed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nye, Naomi Shihab: - Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of Habibi: A Novel and Sitti's Secrets, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas. |