When the Stars Wrote Back Mateer Trista  Cruickshank Jessica (Ilt)   -  Random House Childrens Books, 2020  -  Random House Childrens Books (Hardcover)

When the Stars Wrote Back - Random House Childrens Books

Step Lightly Willard Nancy   -  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998  -  (Paperback)

The poems in this collection come from Nancy Willard's cardboard boxes--she's collected them to accompany her on her journey through life, and she hopes young people will take them along on their own adventures. Works by well-known poets--Elizabeth Bishop, e. e. cummings, Emily Dickinson, and Wallace Stevens--are gathered here, along with verse from lesser known writers from other countries and other times. All of the poems in Step Lightly share a common readability, and the spark of joy that caught a remarkable poet's eye.

The Invisible Ladder Rosenberg Liz (Edt)   -  Henry Holt & Co, 1996  -  Henry Holt & Co (Hardcover)

Sitting by the barbecuewaiting for sausages and hot dogs..........I see a tiny spider..........a silver speckglisteningat its mouth,climbing the invisible ladder--from 'Dinner Together' by Diana RiveraThis anthology of poems by America's best poets glistens too, and offers its own silvery ladder for readers to climb.Liz Rosenberg, herself an accomplished poet, wanted to make contemporary poems for adults accessible to a broader readership. She searched for works which, in both feeling and expression, could reach from one age group to another. Then she asked the poets to write about the links between poetry and childhood, and to send photos that showed how they looked when they were young, and who they are today.The Invisible Ladder is a gift from everyone who contributed to it: a hand extended from those whose art is crafting words to a new generation of readers and writers.