Nursery Rhymes Your Mother Never Taught You

Nursery Rhymes Your Mother Never Taught You PDF Author: Marilyn Huntman Giese
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796064769
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
Nursery Rhymes Your Mother Never Taught You brings wry humor in the form of parodies to twenty-four of the world’s best-loved nursery rhymes. The parodies in Part I are a reaction to the people and politics of the 21st century. They are matched with the traditional nursery rhymes that are found in Part II. These original versions include some bizarre historical theories as to derivation; also, their first known publication dates are given. All the rhymes are divided into four sections: Food, Fun, People, and Politics. At the end of each section in Part I there are three thoughts to ponder for each parody. They range from such as, ‘What does food have to do with marital bliss?’ to ‘Who was the bully in your school?’ Caution: discussions are recommended for good-natured groups only!

My Mother

My Mother PDF Author: Ann Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 12

Book Description
"In verse, with pictures. By Ann Taylor. Title, imprint statement, and series transcribed from upper cover. Series transposed from head of title. "Moonbeam series."--series list, lower cover. The McLoughlin series, Fairy Moonbeam's series was renamed the Fairy Moonbeam series in the Catalogue of toy books, 1876. Clothing depicted in the illustrations is characteristic of that worn in the 1870s and 1880s (bustle dresses). "Just published. Uncle Dick's series. Large 16mo. Full-page pictures, elegantly printed in oil colors."--series list, lower cover. Cover included in pagination. Illustrations produced by a relief process (zinc etchings?)."

The Inner City Mother Goose

The Inner City Mother Goose PDF Author: Eve Merriam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's poetry, American
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Poems inspired by traditional nursery rhymes depict the grim reality of inner city life, including such topics as crime, drug abuse, unemployment, and inadequate housing.

B

B PDF Author: Sarah Kay
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0316386634
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
A whimsical love letter, a shared promise, a thank you note, and a whispered secret to mothers and daughters everywhere. The perfect gift, B celebrates the bond that exists between a parent and a child. Short, touching, and lovingly illustrated, it is a family tradition waiting to begin.

The Song Poet

The Song Poet PDF Author: Kao Kalia Yang
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1627794956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 213

Book Description
From the author of The Latehomecomer, a powerful memoir of her father, a Hmong song poet who sacrificed his gift for his children's future in America In the Hmong tradition, the song poet recounts the story of his people, their history and tragedies, joys and losses; extemporizing or drawing on folk tales, he keeps the past alive, invokes the spirits and the homeland, and records courtships, births, weddings, and wishes. Following her award-winning book The Latehomecomer, Kao Kalia Yang now retells the life of her father Bee Yang, the song poet, a Hmong refugee in Minnesota, driven from the mountains of Laos by American's Secret War. Bee lost his father as a young boy and keenly felt his orphanhood. He would wander from one neighbor to the next, collecting the things they said to each other, whispering the words to himself at night until, one day, a song was born. Bee sings the life of his people through the war-torn jungle and a Thai refugee camp. But the songs fall away in the cold, bitter world of a Minneapolis housing project and on the factory floor until, with the death of Bee's mother, the songs leave him for good. But before they do, Bee, with his poetry, has polished a life of poverty for his children, burnished their grim reality so that they might shine. Written with the exquisite beauty for which Kao Kalia Yang is renowned, The Song Poet is a love story -- of a daughter for her father, a father for his children, a people for their land, their traditions, and all that they have lost.

My Mother

My Mother PDF Author: Robert Michael Ballantyne
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016398336
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Secret Gospel of Mark

The Secret Gospel of Mark PDF Author: Spencer Reece
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1644210436
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 309

Book Description
An exquisite memoir of a life saved by poetry. "This is a portrait of the artist, narrated by a priest and a poet and a gay man with tenderness and searing honesty. Spencer Reece weaves the poetry he loves into how he has lived, the poetry as solace and relief, as confirmation and rescue, as redemption." —Colm Toíbín The Secret Gospel of Mark is a powerful dynamo of a story that delicately weaves the author's experiences with an appreciation for seven great literary touchstones: Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, James Merrill, Mark Strand, George Herbert, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. In speaking to the beauty these poets' works inspire in him, Reece finds the beauty of his own life's journey, a path that runs from coming of age as a gay teenager in the 1980s, Yale, alcoholism, a long stint as a Brooks Brothers salesman, Harvard Divinity School, and leads finally to hard-won success as a poet, reconciliation with his family, and the fulfillment of finding his life's work as an Episcopal priest. Reece's writing approaches the truth and beauty of the writers who have influenced him; elliptical and direct, always beautifully rendered.

Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore: Roll me in your arms

Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore: Roll me in your arms PDF Author: Vance Randolph
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9781557282316
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 604

Book Description
Roll Me in Your Arms, Volume I includes 180 unexpurgated songs collected by Randolph, with tunes transcribed from the original singers.
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