Echo Echo: Reverso Poems About Greek Myths

10 best books like Echo Echo: Reverso Poems About Greek Myths (Marilyn Singer): We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems, When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons, Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, Big Red Lollipop, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, The Three Questions, Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere, A Poem for Peter

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
AuthorTraci Sorell
ISBN1632896338
A look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation

The word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the new year and ending in summer, follow a full Cherokee year of celebrations...
AuthorKate Coombs
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."

"For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea."

Admission: I have a great weakness for sea poetry. Like Melville's Ishmael,...
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
AuthorJulie Fogliano
ISBN1596438525
december 29

and i woke to a morning
that was quiet and white
the first snow
(just like magic) came on tip toes
overnight

Flowers blooming in sheets of snow make way for happy frogs dancing in the rain. Summer swims move over for autumn sweaters until the snow comes back...
AuthorPaul B. Janeczko
ISBN0763648426
Celebrated poet and anthologist Paul B. Janeczko pairs with Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet for a collection of short poems to sample and savor.

It only takes a few words, if they’re the right words, to create a strong image. Whether listened to in the comfort of a cozy lap or read independently,...
AuthorSusan Hood
ISBN1481430955
From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash.

Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on...
Big Red Lollipop
AuthorRukhsana Khan
ISBN0670062871
Rubina has been invited to her first birthday party, and her mother, Ami, insists that she bring her little sister along. Rubina is mortified, but she can't convince Ami that you just don't bring your younger sister to your friend's party. So both girls go, and not only does Sana demand to win every game,...
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
AuthorDan Santat
ISBN0316199982
This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child, but when he is overlooked time and again, he sets off on an incredible journey to the bustling city, where he finally meets his perfect match and-at long last-is given...
The Three Questions
AuthorJon J. Muth
ISBN0439199964
What is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? Nikolai knows that he wants to be the best person he can be, but often he is unsure if he is doing the right thing. So he goes to ask Leo, the wise turtle. When he arrives, the turtle is struggling to dig in his garden,...
AuthorBarb Rosenstock
ISBN0316393827
The suspenseful, little-known true story of two determined pioneers who made the first dive into the deep ocean.

On June 6, 1930, engineer Otis Barton and explorer Will Beebe dove into the ocean inside a hollow metal ball of their own invention called the Bathysphere.

They knew...
AuthorAndrea Davis Pinkney
ISBN0425287688
A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day.

The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats’s obvious talent, his...
Paul Bunyan, a Tall Tale
AuthorSteven Kellogg
ISBN0688058000
I had not heard of Paul Bunyan so I don't know how accurate the story is but I found this unpleasant and confusing. Building skyscrapers out of wood, a giant pancake machine that flipped the pancakes on top of the skyscrapers and people playing some game that looked like ice hockey with bacon strapped to...
The Talking Eggs
AuthorRobert D. San Souci
ISBN0803706197
I’ve never heard anything like this tale before. It is a great tale. It could be an excellent movie done right. It’s a Creole folktale. The artwork is done in colored pencils.

I love this line “They lived on a farm so poor, it looked like the tail end of bad luck.” That is a great way to start...
AuthorBarbara Kerley
ISBN1426304617
One World, One Day uses exquisite, moving photographs and Barbara Kerley’s poetic text to convey a simple yet profound concept: we are one global family. This is a sophisticated concept book, presented as an elegant picture book with contributions from top international photographers.

This...
AuthorBob Raczka
ISBN1626722366
Who says words need to be concrete? This collection shapes poems in surprising and delightful ways.

Concrete poetry is a perennially popular poetic form because they are fun to look at. But by using the arrangement of the words on the page to convey the meaning of the poem, concrete or shape poems...
AuthorNicola Davies
ISBN0763673153
Find out how the smallest things on the planet do some of the biggest jobs in this intriguing introduction to the world of microbes.

All around the world -- in the sea, in the soil, in the air, and in your body -- there are living things so tiny that millions could fit on an ant's antenna. They're busy...
AuthorChris Barton
ISBN1580892973
A cool idea with a big splash.

You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the...
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