Water Music ebook
by Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen is the author of more than two hundred books for young readers and adults. Inspired by her son's photographs, Jane Yolen creates an interesting and thought-provoking series of poems about water in its many aspects.
Jane Yolen is the author of more than two hundred books for young readers and adults. She lives in St. Andrews, Scotland, and Hatfield, Massachusetts. Jason Stemple, a free-lance photographer, provided the photographs for Horizons, Color Me a Rhyme, Once Upon Ice, Water Music, and Snow, Snow-all poetry books for young people written by his mother, Jane Yolen. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina. Her poems are rhythmic and fluently worded-grand examples for students of all ages.
In thoughtful poems, renowned author Jane Yolen takes a fresh look at water in all its forms, using photographer Jason Stemple's breathta In pond, river, and ocean, as a solid, liquid, or gas, water is everywhere. But what does it evoke? What emotions are brought forth when we hear the crash of surf, see the rush of a stream, or feel the tickle of soap bubbles on our skin?
Author of 379 Books for Children and Adults.
Author of 379 Books for Children and Adults. Ocean surf, dew drops, soap bubbles, a river, waterfall, icicle, and reflections are among the subjects sensitively wrought in words and pictures. The colors are soft and shimmering, reflecting the mood of quiet contemplation evoked by the verses. Jason Stemple, a free-lance photographer, provided the photographs for Horizons, Color Me a Rhyme, Once Upon Ice, Water Music, and Snow, Snow -all poetry books for young people written by his mother, Jane Yolen.
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One night during the Perseid meteor shower, Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm. About a year later, one of their horses gives birth to a baby centaur. At a time when so many novels are set in other worlds, Jane Yolen imagines what it would be like if a creature from another world came to ours in this thoughtfully written, imaginative novel, Centaur Rising. A Christy Ottaviano Book. Fantasy, Young Adult.
The year is 1942, and Chaim and Gittel, Polish twins, are forced from their beautiful home and made to live in the Lodz Ghetto. Their family's cramped quarters are awful, but when even those dire circumstances become too dangerous, their parents decide to make for the nearby Lagiewniki Forest, where partisan fighters are trying to shepherd Jews to freedom in Russia. One night during the Perseid meteor shower, Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm.
Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. Her other works include the Nebula Award-winning short story Sister Emily's Lightship, the novelette Lost Girls, Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, the Commander Toad series and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight
