Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo Make Me a World/Penguin Random House An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager’s journey into the slam poetry scene and the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams. From the award-winning poet and author of HOME IS NOT A COUNTRY. Bad girl. No matter how hard Samira tries, she […]
Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye Greenwillow Books This celebratory book collects in one volume beloved and acclaimed poet Naomi Shihab Nye’s most popular and accessible poems from the past forty years. Also features new, never-before-published poems, an introduction by bestselling poet and author Edward Hirsch as well as a […]
Together by Mona Damluji Illustrated by Innosanto Nagara Seven Stories Press In Together, social justice kids book pioneer Innosanto Nagara teams up with poet and activist Mona Damluji for a stunningly tender and pitch-perfect visual feast that juxtaposes individual action with the power of people acting together. Each of the ten free-verse couplets in the poem […]