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in my America, Lee Bennett Hopkins Weaves Together Fifty Poems Grouped By Geographic Region To Create A Remarkable Portrait Of The United States. Here Is America In All Its Stunning Variety, From The Dramatic Seacoast Of The Northeast And The Rippling Cornfields Of The Plains States To The Shimmering Deserts Of The Southwest And The Majestic Redwood Forests Of The Pacific Coast. But Here, Too, Are The Ties That Bind This Nation Together The Hopes And Dreams Of Those Who Live In Our Cities And Towns And On Farms.the Voices Of Beloved Poets Like Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg, Nikki Giovanni, And Lilian Moore Blend With New Voices To Sing Not Just Of Landmarks Like The Mississippi River, The Grand Canyon, And The Everglades, But Of Daily Life Across The Land. Complementing These Personal, Moving Visions Of America Are Maps Of The Regions And Fascinating Facts For Each State.stephen Alcorn's Brilliant, Textured Artwork Makes This Book A Feast For The Eyes As Well As For The Imagination. Impressive For Its Breadth, Depth, And Beauty, my America Is A Volume Readers Will Savor As They Read It Time And Time Again. It Is Fitting Homage To Our Wideranging, Ever-changing Land.children's Literaturein This Unique Review Of American Geography, We Tour Region By Region From The Northeast Through The South, Great Lakes, Plains, Mountains, Southwest And Pacific States. For Each Area There Is A Clear, Full-page Map And A Useful State-by-state Summary Of Facts Such As The Capital, Bird, Flower, Etc. But It Is In The Selection Of 50 Poems That We Begin To Feel The Spirit As Well As See The Scenery That Distinguishes Each. The Poems, By A Wide Variety Of Authors From Carl Sandburg To Hopkins Himself, Are Brief, Not More Than A Page, And Vary In Form And Complexity. Among Them It Is Easy To Find An Appealing Selection To Fit Any Mood, Or Reinforce The Study Of Distinctive Parts Of Our Country. Alcorn's Personal Vision Most Often Depicts Objects In The Poems, As In Myra Cohn Livingston's Evocation For Purple Mountains' Majesty Or James Hayford's Hero Picking Up A Pebble In Frost's Farm Road. At Other Times, As In Jon Swan's Nebraska, His Paintings Are Metaphoric, Even Decorative. He Uses Color Effectively To Help Emphasize The Emotional Content Of The Poems, While Imbuing The Pictures With A Quiet Energy That Compels Closer Reading. Author, Title, And First Line Indices Included. 2000, Simon Ken Marantz And Sylvia Marantz
