America, My New Home
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Book Description
From her Caribbean island birthplace, a young girl carries a dream and journeys to a new land that is at once puzzling, frightening, and inspiring. In twenty-three compelling poems, Jamaican-born poet Monica Gunning tells her immigrant's story with gentle humor, grace, and a child's sense of wonder. She desribes a place where skyscrapers, rather than the moon, light the night; where people dress i... More
Book Information
Publisher | Wordsong |
Binding | Hardcover (2 editions) |
Reading Level | Ages 4-8 |
# of Pages | 32 |
ISBN-10 | 1590780574 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1590780572 |
Publication Date | 11/01/2004 |
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About Ken Condon (Illustrator) : Ken Condon is a published illustrator of children's books. Published credits of Ken Condon include Tire Mountain, America, My New Home: Poems, When a City Leans Against the Sky: Poems, and Sky Scrape/... more
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