Books with author Virginia Barrett

Poetry. Children's Literature. California Interest. This unique anthology of vibrant, contemporary poetry by over 50 San Francisco poets, including Lawrence Ferlinghetti and current San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía, will delight and further the creative growth of children, youth, and adults alike. The book includes an appendix of 26 lessons for teachers and parents based on poems in the collection. It has been placed in all 72 San Francisco public elementary schools, all 14 public middle schools, and the city's 29 public libraries—free of charge. Culturally diverse and multilingual (there are poems in Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Farsi, with English translations), the book is also attractively illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by an accomplished collection of fine artists. The universal appeal of this collection brings poetry into focus as humanity's most heartfelt, insightful, and impactful mode of expression and inspiration.

Take a timeless journey through all four seasons as seen through the eyes of a child. As mother and child embark on their daily errands, they travel down a winding country road, meandering through the fields of a dairy farm. The changing seasons are marked by the activities of the dairy farmer and the wildlife in the surrounding countryside. Growing corn, harvesting hay, new calves peeking through their fence, and turkeys strutting capture the season's gradual changes through winter, spring, summer, and fall. Every verse tickles the senses with a fun description of the different sights, sounds, and smells of the dairy farm through each passing month. The reader is in for a visual treat as the verse and artistic renditions of farm life work in harmony to bring the seasons to life. Song of the Season is a fresh, creative resource to be used for teaching about seasonal changes and animals and the months of the year. Song of the Season will be a treasured favorite in the home library.

Take a timeless journey through all four seasons as seen through the eyes of a child. As mother and child embark on their daily errands, they travel down a winding country road, meandering through the fields of a dairy farm. The changing seasons are marked by the activities of the dairy farmer and the wildlife in the surrounding countryside. Growing corn, harvesting hay, new calves peeking through their fence, and turkeys strutting capture the season's gradual changes through winter, spring, summer, and fall. Every verse tickles the senses with a fun description of the different sights, sounds, and smells of the dairy farm through each passing month. The reader is in for a visual treat as the verse and artistic renditions of farm life work in harmony to bring the seasons to life. Song of the Season is a fresh, creative resource to be used for teaching about seasonal changes and animals and the months of the year. Song of the Season will be a treasured favorite in the home library.

This book is a true story about a little girl and a duck. Once the duck found refuge in a small community of senior citizens under a very small bush, the little girl in the story devoted time and attention to getting the mother duck through her nesting, delivery of eggs, egg-sitting, and her final walk off into nature with her little ducklings following behind. This is an example of how all living things are beautiful and connected.

This book is a true story about a little girl and a duck. Once the duck found refuge in a small community of senior citizens under a very small bush, the little girl in the story devoted time and attention to getting the mother duck through her nesting, delivery of eggs, egg-sitting, and her final walk off into nature with her little ducklings following behind. This is an example of how all living things are beautiful and connected.