Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014. Title: We are America : a tribute from the heart / by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Christopher Myers. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2011. Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm Summary: Examines the events and people that have shaped America, providing portraits of figures such as Chief Tecumseh, President Abraham Lincoln, and musician Jimi Hendrix, and featuring lyrical, free-verse poetic text. Contents: Before there was America -- Before I knew that there was America -- I found an endless land -- Before there was an America -- We called ourselves Bostonians -- We raised up factories and farms, great houses and small -- We were willing to die to forge our dream -- Like clumsy children we fell -- We moved on stubbornly -- We were machines belching smoke -- We were the flat gold plains of Kansas -- We are America -- And from the tensions -- To each child a freedom dream. Subjects: Children's poetry, American. United States -- Juvenile poetry. Booklist 2011/05/01 Kirkus 2011/04/01 Other Author: Myers, Christopher. ISBN: 9780060523084 (trade bdg.) 0060523085 (trade bdg.) 9780060523091 (lib. bdg.) 0060523093 (lib. bdg.) Control Number: 810135 Local Availability (physical copies):1 (of 1) System Availability (physical copies):20 (of 20) Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Map It Large Cover Image Availability MARC Record Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
