More spice than sugar: poems about feisty females

Collects poems that celebrate independent women and girls, including pioneers, rebels, athletes, and heroines, from such poets as Emily Dickinson, Eve Merriam, and Stanley Kunitz

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1. Verfasser: Morrison, Lillian (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston Houghton Mifflin 2001
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Collects poems that celebrate independent women and girls, including pioneers, rebels, athletes, and heroines, from such poets as Emily Dickinson, Eve Merriam, and Stanley Kunitz
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
When I am me: the drum / Nikki Giovanni -- Yes, it was my grandmother / Luci Tapahonso -- Pioneer girl driving west / Ann Turner -- The rebel / Mari Evans -- from Adventures of Isabel / Ogden Nash -- The artist, Georgia O'Keeffe / Monica Kulling -- [The poet Emily] / Emily Dickinson -- Sylvia Earle: deep ocean explorer / Bobbi Katz -- The girl who makes the cymbals bang / X.J. Kennedy -- Girl with sampler / Stanley Kunitz -- If I were a kite / Jacqueline Sweeney -- Conquering the enemy / Cynthia Pederson -- When I am me / Felice Holman -- Family eccentric / Edward Willey -- She's a winner: Round the bases / Robert L. Harrison -- Rosie the rollerblader / Lillian Morrison -- I want to swim / Jacqueline Sweeney -- Lashondra scores! / J. Patrick Lewis -- Lucky Sukey / X.J. Kennedy -- Little league southpaw / Patricia Hubbell -- Fastest woman in the world / Anita Wintz -- For Annie on her unicycle / Conrad Hilberry -- Aurelia Dobre: world champion gymnast / Chris Woods -- Wilma Rudolph / Grace Butcher -- Joan Benoit / Rina Ferrarelli -- The Hamill camel / Anita Wintz -- First lady of sports / J. Patrick Lewis -- WNBA stars / Lillian Morrison -- The equestienne / Roger Pfingston -- Most valuable player / Sarah Van Arsdale -- Behind the mask / Robert L. Harrison -- Against the odds: I may, I might, I must / Marianne Moore -- Women / Alice Walker -- Brave new heights / Monica Kulling -- Where are you? / Marjorie Agosin -- Fannie Lou Hamer / Sam Cornish -- The many and the few / J. Patrick Lewis -- from Elizabeth Blackwell / Eve Merriam -- Harriet Tubman / Eloise Greenfield -- Clara Barton / Rosemary Benet -- Ain't I a woman? / Sojourner Truth -- Jeanne d'Arc / Susan Ludvigson -- A song of greatness / Mary Austin -- Love letter / Carole E. Gregory -- Captain Molly / William Collins
Beschreibung:80 S. zahlr. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:0618068929
9780618068920

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