America at War: Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins by Hopkins, Lee Bennett

America at War: Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781416918325)

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America at War: Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins by Hopkins, Lee Bennett

America at War: Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

$24.99
America at War: Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins by Hopkins, Lee Bennett

America at War: Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

$24.99
Format: Hardcover
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In this ever-timely collection of more than fifty poems and paintings divided into eight sections, one of America's most distinguished poets and anthologists, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and internationally acclaimed painter and printmaker Stephen Alcorn trace emotions of warfare from the American Revolution to the Iraq War.

Warfare has taken -- continues to take -- a tremendous toll on every man, woman, and child in our society as war weaves itself into the fabric of our shared past, present, and future. Raw emotions and results of warfare are expressed here through voices of beloved poets such as Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg, Walt Whitman, Denise Levertov, and e. e. cummings -- and are movingly combined with voices of newer poets, including several soldiers who had courage to write poetry from front lines.

America at War exposes effects of war through hearts of poets and eyes of the artist, paying fitting tribute to those who have served, those now serving, and those who have given their lives so we all may live in peace.

Author: Lee Bennett Hopkins
ISBN-10: 1416918329
ISBN-13: 9781416918325
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language: English
Published: 03/04/2008
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 10.63h x 9.88w x 0.56d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 121522 / America at War

Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 02/01/2008 pg. 147
School Library Journal 03/01/2008 pg. 220
Booklist 03/01/2008 pg. 66
Publishers Weekly 03/17/2008 pg. 71
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2008 pg. 388
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 445 - Recommended, Satisfactory
By Lee Bennett Hopkins
By Lee Bennett Hopkins
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LEE BENNETT HOPKINS is a distinguished poet, writer, and anthologist whose poetry collections include the highly acclaimed Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry, illustrated by Peter Fiore, and My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States, and America at War, both illustrated by Stephen Alcorn. Mr. Hopkins's numerous awards include the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for "lasting contributions to children's literature" and both the Christopher Award and a Golden Kite Honor for his verse novel Been to Yesterdays: Poems of a Life. He lives in Cape Coral, Florida.

Born in the United States, Stephen Alcorn spent his formative, teenage years in Florence, Italy, where he attended the Istituto Statale d'Arte, an experience that infused his work with an appreciation for history and a passion for experimentation in a multitude of mediums. Since then he has embraced an equally broad spectrum of themes and subjects, including the interpretation of literary classics, interpretation of poetry, nineteenth-century American history, and notably, the African-American experience -- resulting in a stream of award-winning projects for adult, young adult, and young readers alike. America at War is Alcorn's fifth collaboration with Lee Bennett Hopkins.

Mr. Alcorn lives with his wife, Sabina, and four cats in an eighteenth-century farmhouse in the heart of Cambridge, New York, surrounded by the pastoral farmland of Washington County. An overview of his work may be viewed at www.alcorngallery.com.

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