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A nest full of stars : poems / by James Berry ; with pictures by Ashley Bryan.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berry, James, 1924-2017, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caribbean Area--Juvenile poetry.
- Caribbean Area.
- Children's poetry, Jamaican.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Poetry.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Korinna.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bryan, Ashley (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Ashley Bryan Center (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 95, [1] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Greenwillow Books, 2004.
- Summary:
- A collection of poems reflecting Caribbean culture include "Old man called Arawak," "Woods whisperings," and "Not one weak day."
- Contents:
- Everyday feelings: Everyday feelings
- Not one weak day
- Sometimes
- Big page writer
- Mood manager
- Sly force waiting
- Adding-up of birthdays
- Somewhere! Somewhere!
- Special is special
- Fireworks
- At the showing-off event
- Child member of Parliament Manifesto
- People equal
- Wild whistling woman
- Skeleton sisters
- Gobble-gobble rap
- Together: Together
- The quarrel
- One hand washes the other
- Ball gone dialogue for six
- Bowler's talk to himself walking back to his run-up
- A particular time at our house: A particular time at our house
- Dad's night voice
- Mum? Who is my Mum?
- Not sharing
- Right mix like water
- Hearing
- Eyes on the time
- Going-away Haiku
- Postcard poem: Solo
- Sand-seller Sam
- From my sister's secret notebook: Earthworm and fish
- Seashell
- Spider ropes
- Water carrying
- In the hills, at Puppah's food cultivation land
- Trapped
- Self-supporting village pet
- Estate cowman
- Everyday music
- Thinking before I sleep
- Taking action
- First time I see properly
- Nest full of stars
- Echoes of a Caribbean school playground: Caribbean playground song
- Swinging
- Smooth skippin
- Old men called Arawak
- He loved overripe fruits
- West Indian boys play village cricket
- Queen and King Mullet
- Donkey story
- Doubtful sayings
- Duppy dance
- Mysteries: My laughable drawings
- Getting bigger rap
- Woods whisperings
- Granddad's visitor
- Showman
- MISTER-RY
- Index of first lines.
- Notes:
- "Amistad"--Title leaf.
- "First published in the United States in 2004 by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers ... The text of this book is set in Korinna."--Verso of title leaf.
- "Jacket design by Silvie Le Floc'h"--Dust jacket.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Ashley Bryan and the Ashley Bryan Center.
- Kislak Center copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0060527471
- 9780060527471
- 006052748X
- 9780060527488
- OCLC:
- 50598173
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