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10 best books like Im Nobody Who Are You (Emily Dickinson): Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck, Shades of Simon Gray, Syncopated: An Anthology of Nonfiction Picto-Essays, Grass for His Pillow, Episode 1: Lord Fujiwara's Treasures, Sang Spell, The Best Poems Ever: A Collection of Poetry's Greatest Voices, Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost, Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems, Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe

Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem
AuthorJack Prelutsky
ISBN0061434485
Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?

Jack Prelutsky has written more than a thousand poems about all of these things—and many others. In this...
The Adventures of Johnny Chuck
AuthorThornton W. Burgess
ISBN0486283534
Spring has arrived at the Green Meadow and Johnny Chuck is strangely discontent. On a whim, he offers Jimmy Skunk his house and then wanders off. Along the way, he gets into a fight with a strange woodchuck and, after a bruising battle, chases the intruder off. At that point, Johnny is feeling rather unconquerable...
Shades of Simon Gray
AuthorJoyce McDonald
ISBN0440228042
Simon Gray is the ideal teenager — smart, reliable, hardworking, trustworthy. Or is he? After Simon crashes his car into The Liberty Tree, another portrait starts to emerge. Soon an investigation has begun into computer hacking at Simon’s high school, for it seems tests are being printed out before...
Syncopated: An Anthology of Nonfiction Picto-Essays
AuthorBrendan Burford
ISBN0345505298
The stories in Syncopated challenge convention, provide perspective, and search out secret truths–all in the inviting, accessible form of comics.

Syncopated will give you a daringly different view of the past–from the history of vintage postcards to the glory days of old Coney Island....
Grass for His Pillow, Episode 1: Lord Fujiwara's Treasures
AuthorLian Hearn
ISBN0142404233
Lord Fujiwara's Treasures begins the second book in the Tales of the Otori, serving as the first act of Grass for His Pillow. If this is confusing, welcome to the club. Grass for His Pillow is the second book, but it's published in two parts, this one being the first. It's not even a complete story, since...
Sang Spell
AuthorPhyllis Reynolds Naylor
ISBN0689820062
Josh is hitchhiking his way from Massachusetts to Dallas and a new life he didn't ask for and doesn't want, when he is beaten, robbed, and abandoned beside a remote mountain road. He awakes in a strange, primitive village called Canara, seemingly hidden from the modern world, with no cars or telephones...
The Best Poems Ever: A Collection of Poetry's Greatest Voices
AuthorEdric S. Mesmer
ISBN0439296749
Just in time for National Poetry Month, a fantastic collection of some of the best poems ever.

These are some of the most amazing poems ever written, touching the heart, challenging the mind, and conjuring worlds of experience and imagination.

Included are poems by:
Emily Dickinson
Edgar...
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost
AuthorRobert Frost
ISBN0806906332
"In an attractive large-size volume...25 poems to introduce Robert Frost to young people. The selections are arranged by the seasons, and Sorensen's handsome watercolor illustrations capture the feel of the New England landscape without in any way trying to provide literal images for the poetry....
Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems
AuthorJohn Grandits
ISBN0618503617
An eleven-year-old boy named Robert voices typical—and not so typical—middle-grade concerns in this unique, memorable collection of hilarious poems. His musings cover the usual stuff, like pizza, homework, thank-you notes, and his annoying older sister. In addition, he speculates about...
Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe
AuthorEdgar Allan Poe
ISBN0806908203
"Gr. 5 Up...spacious format; a wide variety of poems; and colorful, interpretive illustrations...."--SLJ. "The format is admirable: a handsome sampler of poems, with a short introductory essay, unfamiliar words briefly defined in footnotes, and a few prefatory sentences for each poem to establish...
The High King's Daughter
AuthorDebra Doyle
ISBN0816769974
Wrapping up Randal's story. This and The Wizard's Castle, like the first two, are tied strongly to the earlier ones, and each other.

Randal, Walter, and Lys are escorted to Elfland by Madoc -- who can't come with them. They must go alone to bring back the High King's daughter and rightful heir....
Poetry for Young People: Lewis Carroll
AuthorLewis Carroll
ISBN1402754744
With fantastic characters and enchanting language, Lewis Carroll created magical wonderlands children have always loved to visit. These 26 selections from his classic works have never lost their fascination. Open the covers of this beautifully illustrated collection and take a magical journey...
Poetry for Young People: Walt Whitman
AuthorWalt Whitman
ISBN1402754779
Sit back and travel the universe through the imagination of Walt Whitman. From the depths of the sea to the far reaches of the cosmos, from the songs of America’s workers to the plight of America’s slaves, you’re about to embark on an experience you’ll never forget! More than twenty-five of Walt...
Between Angels
AuthorStephen Dunn
ISBN0393306585
Angels as a concept do not particularly resonate with me, which may be why a number of these poems failed to take flight in my mind. I don't want divine failsafes, watchful protectors, anthropomorphic saviors, nor gambling tables, nor luck; my hope takes different forms. If I'm to be really honest, my...
Ode to a Nightingale
AuthorJohn Keats
Beautiful. Keats addresses the tragedy of life, where men are resigned to " sit and hear each other groan...where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies". But he juxtaposes this with the nightingale, his "immortal bird", whose song echoes through the ages being heard by the high and mighty and...
Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes vols. 16, 17 & 18
AuthorTite Kubo
ISBN1421554690
Night of Wijnruit

With Rukia’s execution looming, Ichigo and the rest of the rescue squad must find a way to break her out of the Senzaikyû prison. Not only has her sentence been moved up, but the imprisonment is close to breaking her usually indomitable spirit. And to make matters worse,...
Martin Luther King Jr.
AuthorDavid Colbert
ISBN1416968059
You're about to be an eyewitness to the ten crucial days in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, including
His faith in peace leads to a surprising protest. Police injustice shocks the nation awake. A personal sacrifice challenges prejudice and racism. A fearless march demands rights for all Americans....
Moments Together for Couples: Devotions for Drawing Near to God and One Another
AuthorDennis Rainey
ISBN0830717544
Dennis Rainey is president and CEO of FamilyLife, a division of Cru. Dennis and his wife, Barbara, have spoken at Weekend to Remember conferences around the world. Dennis serves as the daily host of the radio program "FamilyLife Today". He and Barbara have authored more than two dozen books, including...
Nein: A Manifesto
AuthorEric Jarosinski
ISBN1487000286
Nein. A Manifesto is the brainchild of Eric Jarosinski, the self-described “failed intellectual” behind @NeinQuarterly, a “Compendium of Utopian Negation” that uses the aphoristic potential of Twitter to plumb the existential abyss of modern life — and finds it bottomless.

Nein...
The Secret Deepens
AuthorLinda DeMeulemeester
ISBN1897073976
(ages 9 - 12)  Welcome to the thrilling sequel to The Secret of Grim Hill. After a soul-shaking Halloween, things have finally gotten back to normal for Cat Peters. Now the big drama in her life isn't a battle against diabolical fairies, but a battle of the sexes on the soccer field. Meanwhile, ever since...
Breaking Point
AuthorS.L. Armstrong
3.5 stars

This review can be found at Brief Encounters Reviews.

While yesterday’s free story from Storm Moon Press was BDSM lite, this one is BDSM … hard? Anyway, for those who don’t care for a more intense level of BDSM, including CBT, this may not be for you. The story is set with...
Lyrics
AuthorSting
ISBN0385339879
It's hard to say that I "read" this book. It's more a book to peruse and have music stream through your brain as you remember all of the reasons why Sting is one of your favorites. Especially since with a combination of the onset of adulthood and digital music I just don't sit around reading lyric sheets of...
Amo, Amas, Amat and More
AuthorEugene Ehrlich
ISBN0062720171
This book provided delicious snack reading as I worked through Wheelock's Latin! I had the book for decades and think I've flipped through it casually a number of times over the years. But this time I went through it carefully, parsing every single phrase and checking words and forms in Wiktionary when...
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