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The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction

Collects short stories from authors across the literary landscape.

Rhythm Road

A collection of poems expressing movement in theme, words, and rhythm by a variety of English and American poets.

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A New Treasury of Children's Poetry

An anthology of more than 200 old and new poems for preschool through adolescent readers.

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Our Holidays in Poetry

Mildred P. Harrington

Poems which commemorate Abraham Lincoln's and George Washington's birthday, Easter, Arbor Day, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

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The Black Ghetto

Richard J. Meister

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The Enduring Beast

Miriam Beerman

Impressions of the animal world by twenty-five poets. Includes Daniel Berrigan, Margaret Atwood, Gregory Corso, D. H. Lawrence, Isak Dinesen, and others.

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The Burning Thorn

Griselda Greaves

808.81
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The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America

A collection of American poems written for children or traditionally enjoyed by children, by such authors as Longfellow, Poe, Eugene Field, Langston Hughes, Dr. Seuss, and Jack Prelutsky.

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