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The Boley Rodeo

Poems, 2008–2026

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Powerful, beautiful, and often deceptively simple, the poetry of Marilyn Nelson takes a polyphonic approach to rendering American lives of the past, present, and beyond. Voices speak from varied times and places, while the sound that results is that of a full-throated choir telling often-forgotten truths about human existence.Collecting poems written since 2008, The Boley Rodeo features seven ... Read more

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Powerful, beautiful, and often deceptively simple, the poetry of Marilyn Nelson takes a polyphonic approach to rendering American lives of the past, present, and beyond. Voices speak from varied times and places, while the sound that results is that of a full-throated choir telling often-forgotten truths about human existence.Collecting poems written since 2008, The Boley Rodeo features seven
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Augusta Savage

The Shape of a Sculptor's Life

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**This powerful biography in poems tells the life of Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance.A Claudia Lewis Award Winner for Poetry by the Bank Street College of Education**A Black Caucus ALA Children & Young Adult Award WinnerA CCBC Children’s Choice • A CBC Teacher FavoriteAugusta Savage was arguably the most influential American artist of the 1930s. A ... Read more

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**This powerful biography in poems tells the life of Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance.A Claudia Lewis Award Winner for Poetry by the Bank Street College of Education**A Black Caucus ALA Children & Young Adult Award WinnerA CCBC Children’s Choice • A CBC Teacher FavoriteAugusta Savage was arguably the most influential American artist of the 1930s. A
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Wreath for Emmett Till

A Printz Award Winner

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A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin.In 1955 people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, ... Read more

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A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin.In 1955 people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley,
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How I Discovered Poetry

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A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK • A powerful and thought-provoking Civil Rights era memoir from one of America’s most celebrated poets.“An intimate perspective on a tumultuous era and an homage to the power of language.”—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewLooking back on her childhood in the 1950s, Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Marilyn Nelson tells the story of her ... Read more

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A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK • A powerful and thought-provoking Civil Rights era memoir from one of America’s most celebrated poets.“An intimate perspective on a tumultuous era and an homage to the power of language.”—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewLooking back on her childhood in the 1950s, Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Marilyn Nelson tells the story of her
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American Ace

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**In this eloquent first novel in verse by renowned poet Marilyn Nelson, a boy embraces his newfound genealogy and his surprising connection to American history.“A quietly powerful story about race, ignorance, and identity from a poetry master.”—Bustle“Stunning.”—Shelf Awareness“A gorgeous story that stays with you long after you finish.”—BuzzFeed**Connor’s grandmother leaves his dad a letter when ... Read more

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**In this eloquent first novel in verse by renowned poet Marilyn Nelson, a boy embraces his newfound genealogy and his surprising connection to American history.“A quietly powerful story about race, ignorance, and identity from a poetry master.”—Bustle“Stunning.”—Shelf Awareness“A gorgeous story that stays with you long after you finish.”—BuzzFeed**Connor’s grandmother leaves his dad a letter when
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How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership

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From the woman named one of “America's Best Leaders” by U.S. News & ReportPowerful insights into the practice of motivationMarilyn Carlson Nelson has achieved global recognition for the Carlson brands of hotels, restaurants, cruise, travel, and marketing services.But that's only part of the story.As a daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, Marilyn has always put people first. When her grandson ... Read more

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From the woman named one of “America's Best Leaders” by U.S. News & ReportPowerful insights into the practice of motivationMarilyn Carlson Nelson has achieved global recognition for the Carlson brands of hotels, restaurants, cruise, travel, and marketing services.But that's only part of the story.As a daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, Marilyn has always put people first. When her grandson
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Carver

A Life in Poems

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Newbery Honor BookNational Book Award finalistCoretta Scott King Author Honor BookBoston Globe–Horn Book AwardFlora Stieglitz Straus AwardBeautiful verse explores agricultural scientist George Washington Carver's life and many achievements, from his work as a botanist and inventor to his unsung gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher.George Was... ... Read more

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Newbery Honor BookNational Book Award finalistCoretta Scott King Author Honor BookBoston Globe–Horn Book AwardFlora Stieglitz Straus AwardBeautiful verse explores agricultural scientist George Washington Carver's life and many achievements, from his work as a botanist and inventor to his unsung gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher.George Was...
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Lubaya's Quiet Roar

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Illustrated by Philemona Williamson ...

In this stirring picture book about social justice activism and the power of introverts, a quiet girl's artwork makes a big impression at a protest rally.Newbery Honor winner Marilyn Nelson and fine artist Philemona Williamson have come together to create this lyrical, impactful story of how every child, even the quietest, can make a difference in their community and world. Young Lubaya is ... Read more

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In this stirring picture book about social justice activism and the power of introverts, a quiet girl's artwork makes a big impression at a protest rally.Newbery Honor winner Marilyn Nelson and fine artist Philemona Williamson have come together to create this lyrical, impactful story of how every child, even the quietest, can make a difference in their community and world. Young Lubaya is
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Fortune's Bones

The Manumission Requiem

by Marilyn Nelson ...

**Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book AwardFor young readers comes a poetic commemoration of the life of an 18th-century slave, from a past poet laureate and three-time National Book Award finalist.**For over 200 years, the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut has housed a mysterious skeleton. In 1996, community members decided to find out what they could about it. Historians discovered that the ... Read more

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**Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book AwardFor young readers comes a poetic commemoration of the life of an 18th-century slave, from a past poet laureate and three-time National Book Award finalist.**For over 200 years, the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut has housed a mysterious skeleton. In 1996, community members decided to find out what they could about it. Historians discovered that the
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Red Cloud and the Indian Trader

The Remarkable Friendship of the Sioux Chief and JW Dear in the Last Days of the Frontier

by Marilyn Dear Nelson, Chris Nelson ...

Winner of the 2024 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western BiographiesJohn William Dear was born in 1845 into a close-knit farming family in Northern Virginia. After the Civil War, when he fought as a Confederate soldier with Mosby's Rangers, he went West. For fifteen years, until his premature death, Dear lived a tumultuous life in the West as one of the last fur traders on the Upper Missouri and ... Read more

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Winner of the 2024 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western BiographiesJohn William Dear was born in 1845 into a close-knit farming family in Northern Virginia. After the Civil War, when he fought as a Confederate soldier with Mosby's Rangers, he went West. For fifteen years, until his premature death, Dear lived a tumultuous life in the West as one of the last fur traders on the Upper Missouri and
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The Cachoeira Tales and Other Poems

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Soaring images, rhythmic language, and wry humor come together in these three narrative poems that explore travel from an African American historical and social perspective. A cab ride turns into an amazing encounter with the driver, an amateur physicist whose ideas about space and time travel spark the poet's musings on chutzpah and artistic ambition. A trip to Triolet, a Creole village in the ... Read more

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Soaring images, rhythmic language, and wry humor come together in these three narrative poems that explore travel from an African American historical and social perspective. A cab ride turns into an amazing encounter with the driver, an amateur physicist whose ideas about space and time travel spark the poet's musings on chutzpah and artistic ambition. A trip to Triolet, a Creole village in the
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A is for Oboe: The Orchestra's Alphabet

by Lera Auerbach, Marilyn Nelson ...

Illustrated by Paul Hoppe ...

This deeply imaginative and entertaining poetry collection details the pleasures of the orchestra, from strong-willed A to satisfied Z.Two widely acclaimed poets--one a composer and classical pianist as well--have come together to create this extraordinary portrait of the orchestra in all of its richness and fascination, using the structure of the alphabet in a way that's entirely new and ... Read more

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This deeply imaginative and entertaining poetry collection details the pleasures of the orchestra, from strong-willed A to satisfied Z.Two widely acclaimed poets--one a composer and classical pianist as well--have come together to create this extraordinary portrait of the orchestra in all of its richness and fascination, using the structure of the alphabet in a way that's entirely new and
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