{"product_id":"honeybee-poems-short-prose-9780063144651","title":"Honeybee: Poems \u0026 Short Prose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Nye's sheer joy in communicating, creativity, and caring shine through.\"--\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA moving and celebratory poetry collection from Young People's Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye. This resonant volume explores the similarities we share with the people around us--family, friends, and complete strangers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoney. Beeswax. Pollinate. Hive. Colony. Work. Dance. Communicate. Industrious. Buzz. Sting. Cooperate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere would we be without honeybees? Where would we be without one another?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn eighty-two poems and paragraphs (including the renowned \u003cem\u003eGate A-4\u003c\/em\u003e), Naomi Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time--our loved ones, our dense air, our wars, our memories, our planet--and leaves us feeling curiously sweeter and profoundly soothed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncludes an introduction by the poet\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNye, Naomi Shihab:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eHabibi: A Novel\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSitti's Secrets\u003c\/em\u003e, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book \u003cem\u003e19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greenwillow Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631423590674,"sku":"9780063144651","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec904394-9944-481d-9ed0-89576b51a3b9.jpg?v=1732771667","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/honeybee-poems-short-prose-9780063144651","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}