Other author/creator | Hopkins, Lee Bennett compiler. |
Other author/creator | Hansman, Bob, illustrator. |
Other author/creator | Hansman, Jovan, illustrator. |
Other author/creator | Butson, Denver, 1965- author. |
Other author/creator | Dotlich, Rebecca Kai author. |
Other author/creator | Engle, Margarita author. |
Other author/creator | Heard, Georgia author. |
Other author/creator | Hopkins, Lee Bennett author. |
Other author/creator | Janeczko, Paul B. author. |
Other author/creator | Lewis, J. Patrick author. |
Other author/creator | Nelson, Marilyn, author. |
Other author/creator | Neri, Greg author. |
Other author/creator | Nye, Naomi Shihab author. |
Other author/creator | Wolf, Allan author. |
Other author/creator | Yolen, Jane author. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Forward -- The fifteenth century : Columbus's Voyage, 1492 -- The seventeenth century : the Dutch slave trade, 1619 ; the Mayflower, 1620 -- The eighteenth century : the middle passage -- The nineteenth century : The Margaret, 1837 ; Irish potato famine, 1845-1852 -- The twentieth century : the Titanic, 1912 ; the voyage of the MS St. Louis, 1939 ; The Mariel boat lift, 1980 -- The twenty-first century : Mediterranean refugee crisis, 2014 ; the Sama-Bajau, present day -- Aft. |
Abstract |
Gorgeous illustrations surround a collection of poetry written for children about the magic, beauty, and promise of sea voyages. Compiled and edited by award-winning poet Lee Bennett Hopkins, the poems describe how the sea has historically shone as a metaphor for hope and despair and served as a pathway for people searching for new life, including poems about the pilgrims coming to the New World, the Mariel boatlift, the Vietnamese boat people, a Dutch slave ship, the current migration situation in the Mediterranean, and the voyage of the St. Louis. |
General note | "Poems of migration and resilience by: Denver Butson, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Margarita Engle, Georgia Heard, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Paul B. Janeczko, J. Patrick Lewis, Marilyn Nelson, G. Neri, Naomi Shihab Nye, Allan Wolf, Jane Yolen"--back cover. |
Genre/form | Poetry. |
ISBN | 9781633222762 hardback |
ISBN | 1633222764 hardback |