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“Nye at her engaging, insightful best.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Acclaimed poet and Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water bottles to those less fortunate, in this collection of more than eighty original and never-before-published poems. A deeply moving, sometimes funny, and always provocative poetry collection for all ages.
“How much have you thrown away in your lifetime already? Do you ever think about it? Where does this plethora of leavings come from? How long does it take you, even one little you, to fill the can by your desk?” ?Naomi Shihab Nye
National Book Award Finalist, Young People’s Poet Laureate, and devoted trash-picker-upper Naomi Shihab Nye explores these questions and more in this original collection of poetry that features more than eighty new poems. “I couldn’t save the world, but I could pick up trash,” she says in her introduction to this stunning volume.
With poems about food wrappers, lost mittens, plastic straws, refugee children, trashy talk, the environment, connection, community, responsibility to the planet, politics, immigration, time, junk mail, trash collectors, garbage trucks, all that we carry and all that we discard, this is a rich, engaging, moving, and sometimes humorous collection for readers ages twelve to adult.
Includes ideas for writing, recycling, and reclaiming, and an index.
Publisher : Greenwillow Books (February 9, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 176 pages
ISBN-10 : 0062907700
ISBN-13 : 978-0062907707
Reading age : 8 - 12 years
Grade level : 3 - 7
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.44 x 9 inches
Reviewer: Peach Family
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This book belongs in every school, public, and home library
Review: This book belongs in every school, public, and home library. It is both timely and timeless, serious and funny, sensitive and gripping. Nye deals with trash on so many different levels and looks at the issues around pollution and carelessness from all different angles. And it's never boring! Her narratives are gripping, and the poems are beautiful. I read this in two sittings, then turned around and started reading it again. It's a book I know I will want close by on my shelf to dip into again and again. Excellent book.
Reviewer: KT
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful Refelctions
Review: Such a wonderful view on how the things we discard effect our world and affect our lives. Will get you reflecting inward and outward. One to keep and to share.
Reviewer: D. Holt
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best for older kids
Review: Grabbed this after I was looking for more poetry for kids (my five year old loves Shel Silverstein and we wanted to branch out) and a website recommended this volume. The poems are over the head of my five year old (presents way too much to explain) but a good fit for my nine year old who always has conservation and the environment on her mind. The poems are a meditation on all things tossed aside and the pollution left behind. Sometimes that is literally trash, but in other poems more metaphor. I'm not a conniesuer of poetry, but some of these miss the mark and mostly leave my daughter and I scratching our heads. Still others are quite poignant and lead to interesting conversations.
Reviewer: The View
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fantastic Poem Book for All Ages
Review: I just loved these poems and would love to share them with many people and students. As a teacher Iâd love to share these with my students and with my fellow teachers and friends. Funny, witty and insightful poetry about litter, and the Earth. And people.
Reviewer: Leone
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: No Written or digital index
Review: I am an admirer of Ms Nye, but her publisher really did her and her readers a disservice with this CD edition. The CD case, and it is a capacious one, includes no index or table of contents. Each track is a mystery. I put it in my computer to see if there was digital information, but no. I tried ripping it to iTunes to get the track names, but all the info is stripped. Or just not there. Major bummer, and makes the CDs very difficult to use. I am extremely disappointed.