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Sky Scrape/City Scape

Poems of City Life

Sky Scrape/City Scape( )
Author: Yolen, Jane
Illustrator: Condon, Ken
ISBN:978-1-56397-179-2
Publication Date:Jun 1996
Publisher:Highlights Press, c/o Highlights for Children, Inc.
Imprint:Wordsong
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $16.95
Book Description:

All the jump-roping, rollerskating, skyscraping excitement of city life is packed into this pulsating collection of poems selected by Jane Yolen. Poems by Langston Hughes, Jane Yolen, Rachel Field, and others capture the rush and rumble, toss and tumble of taxis and trains, pigeons and parks, sidewalks, and street cleaners. Ken Condon's bold illustrations evoke the gritty passion of the urban scene. Young readers will delight in this irresistible anthology that crackles with energy and zest.

Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.88 x 11.31 x 0.36 Inches
Book Weight:0.912 Pounds
Author Biography
Yolen, Jane (Author)
Jane Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City. She received a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1960 and a master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts in 1976. After college, she became an editor in New York City and wrote during her lunch break. She sold her first children's book, Pirates in Petticoats, at the age of 22. Since then, she has written over 300 books for children, young adults, and adults.

Her other works include the Emperor and the Kite, Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and The Devil's Arithmetic. She has won numerous awards including the Kerlan Award, the Regina Medal, the Keene State Children's Literature Award, the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, the Golden Kite Award, the Jewish Book Award, the World Fantasy Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award.

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