{"product_id":"where-i-live-poems-about-my-home-my-street-and-my-town-9781536200942","title":"Where I Live: Poems about My Home, My Street, and My Town","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat is home? Revel in the ineffable sense of belonging in anthologist Paul B. Janeczko's diverse selection of poems with sure appeal for children. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHome is shoes tucked under the bed while you sleep, or fancy-dancying at the neighborhood block party. It's buttermilk biscuits and gospel music at the church picnic. It's traffic lights and parked cars; rooftop views as far as you can see; ice cream trucks and yellow boots; sharing breakfast cereal and boiled eggs with your brothers; or running through sprinklers with water on your lips, dripping from eyelashes like fat raindrops. Whether we hang our hats in a walk-up apartment in the city, a farmhouse in the country, or any place in between, the poems in this collection celebrate the places where we live: our homes, our streets, our towns. Gathered by eminent poet and anthologist Paul B. Janeczko, these thirty-four inviting verses are paired with light-filled illustrations by Hyewon Yum evoking the warm details of daily life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors include: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancisco X. Alarcón * Dave Crawley * Walter de la Mare * Rebecca Kai Dotlich * Eleanor Farjeon * Aileen Fisher * Betsy Franco * Charles Ghigna * Nikki Giovanni * Nikki Grimes * Avis Harley * Patricia Hubbell * Langston Hughes * Reuben Jackson * Paul B. Janeczko * X. J. Kennedy * Irene Latham * Lois Lenski * Myra Cohn Livingston * Wes Magee * Lilian Moore * Naomi Shihab Nye * Lin Oliver * Linda Sue Park * Iain Crichton Smith * Gary Soto * Amy Ludwig VanDerwater * Hope Vestergaard * Nicholas Virgilio * Charles Waters * Janet Wong * Valerie Worth * Charlotte Zolotow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul B. Janeczko\u003c\/b\u003e (1945-2019) was a poet and teacher who edited numerous award-winning poetry anthologies for young people, including \u003ci\u003eA Poke in the I\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e A Kick in the Head\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Foot in the Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which were illustrated by Chris Raschka; \u003ci\u003eFirefly July\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Melissa Sweet; and \u003ci\u003eThe Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Richard Jones. He also wrote \u003ci\u003eWorlds Afire\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRequiem: Poems of the Terezín Ghetto\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ciphers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e and Secret Writing\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Double Cross: Deception Techniques in War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults; and \u003ci\u003eSecret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHyewon Yum \u003c\/b\u003eis the author and illustrator of several acclaimed books for children, including\u003ci\u003e Mom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e It's My First Day of Kindergarten!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efor which she received the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award; \u003ci\u003eThis Is Our House\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Twins' Blanket\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e There Are No Scary Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Last Night\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSaturday Is Swimming Day\u003c\/i\u003e. She also illustrated \u003ci\u003eA Piece of Home \u003c\/i\u003eby Jeri Watts and \u003ci\u003eI Am a Bird \u003c\/i\u003eby Hope Lim. Hyewon Yum lives in Brooklyn with her family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618972930322,"sku":"9781536200942","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ea403c4-5c04-46d6-af37-2c8cf35ba3fc.jpg?v=1732543604","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/where-i-live-poems-about-my-home-my-street-and-my-town-9781536200942","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}