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{"id":7348971274299,"title":"Sequence","handle":"sequence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe latest collection from Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet A. F. Moritz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSequence\u003c\/em\u003e, the reader accompanies the poet step after step and breath after breath through a haunting and mercurial world that shimmers like sun on sand. Alternating moments of spare clarity with deep narrative flashes, the poem wanders the borders of the self, pursuing the eternal moment through imagined landscapes and the lush world waiting outside the writer's window. This is poetry of intense observation, finely tuned to a pattern that is sustained with breaks and returns, alive with eros and a hunger for Breton's \"convulsive beauty.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSequence\u003c\/em\u003e dazzles as it seeks the great mystery, while remaining fully invested in our life of contingency and time.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-02-20T17:11:12-05:00","created_at":"2025-02-20T17:08:31-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","Adult Starred Reviews","By (author) Moritz A.F.","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2015-04-09"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":42024747302971,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770898714","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sequence - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":231,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770898714","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_31c221db-cc68-4e79-8d4e-7902dc3e3fc8.jpg?v=1740089336"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_31c221db-cc68-4e79-8d4e-7902dc3e3fc8.jpg?v=1740089336","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":25135685664827,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":638,"width":413,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_31c221db-cc68-4e79-8d4e-7902dc3e3fc8.jpg?v=1740089336"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":638,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_31c221db-cc68-4e79-8d4e-7902dc3e3fc8.jpg?v=1740089336","width":413}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe latest collection from Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet A. F. Moritz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSequence\u003c\/em\u003e, the reader accompanies the poet step after step and breath after breath through a haunting and mercurial world that shimmers like sun on sand. Alternating moments of spare clarity with deep narrative flashes, the poem wanders the borders of the self, pursuing the eternal moment through imagined landscapes and the lush world waiting outside the writer's window. This is poetry of intense observation, finely tuned to a pattern that is sustained with breaks and returns, alive with eros and a hunger for Breton's \"convulsive beauty.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSequence\u003c\/em\u003e dazzles as it seeks the great mystery, while remaining fully invested in our life of contingency and time.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Sequence
A finely tuned collection from Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet A. F. Moritz.
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{"id":7348969209915,"title":"I Have the Right to Be a Child","handle":"i-have-the-right-to-be-a-child","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected for the IRA Notable Books for a Global Society List, selected for the Children's Literary Assembly 2013 Notable Children's Books and the USBBY Outstanding International Book List\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a very simple text accompanied by rich, vibrant illustrations a young narrator describes what it means to be a child with rights -- from the right to food, water and shelter, to the right to go to school, to be free from violence, to breathe clean air, and more. 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I Have the Right to Be a Child
A beautiful book that introduces young children to the concept of human rights as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Music from the Sky
A story about the close bond between a young girl and her grandfather set in one of Canada's oldest black communities in Nova Scotia.
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ages 8
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to 5
Tuk and the Whale
Told by a young Inuit boy, this story imagines what might have happened if the people of a Baffin Island winter camp had encountered European whalers.
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Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance
Chin Chiang has dreamed of dancing the dragon's dance but now the day has arrived, and he is so scared that he wants to melt into his shoes.
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ages 8
to 11
/ grades 3
to 6
A Boy Named Queen
Who will be brave enough to make friends with the boy named Queen?
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ages 5
to 8
/ grades K
to 3
Talking with Mother Earth / Hablando con Madre Tierra
These moving bilingual poems explore a young Indigenous boy's connection to Mother Earth and how he is healed from the wounds of racism he has endured.
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Moví la mano / I Moved My Hand
A simple but empowering poem about creating a world, told from a young child's perspective.
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{"id":7325024026683,"title":"Yesno","handle":"yesno","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning collection of poetry by one of our most beloved and renowned poets,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYesno\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a companion volume to the much-praised\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Anansi, 2003), and continues Dennis Lee's urgent poetic project, which is to grapple with the question of the earth's and humankind's future. But where the earlier book concentrated on the deadly impasse to which we humans have brought the planet,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYesno\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis lighter and more playful, canvassing the possibility of hope. It explores an ethic of yesno, simultaneously embracing pessimism and hope. In the author's own words: \"Before I began\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYesno\u003c\/em\u003e, I thought it would be a pendulum swing from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUn\u003c\/em\u003e, moving from bleakness to hope. But the poems kept misfiring, sounding forced. Eventually, I realized the task was more complex. Namely, to articulate a world in which the demolition derby and the possibility of living more constructively in the natural order are both real. And at once. So, not just no; not just yes; but yesno.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T09:14:42-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T09:14:42-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249777082427,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887847585","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Yesno - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":109,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887847585","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847585.jpg?v=1736345631"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847585.jpg?v=1736345631","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979535036475,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.658,"height":608,"width":400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847585.jpg?v=1736345631"},"aspect_ratio":0.658,"height":608,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847585.jpg?v=1736345631","width":400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning collection of poetry by one of our most beloved and renowned poets,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYesno\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a companion volume to the much-praised\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Anansi, 2003), and continues Dennis Lee's urgent poetic project, which is to grapple with the question of the earth's and humankind's future. But where the earlier book concentrated on the deadly impasse to which we humans have brought the planet,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYesno\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis lighter and more playful, canvassing the possibility of hope. It explores an ethic of yesno, simultaneously embracing pessimism and hope. In the author's own words: \"Before I began\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYesno\u003c\/em\u003e, I thought it would be a pendulum swing from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUn\u003c\/em\u003e, moving from bleakness to hope. But the poems kept misfiring, sounding forced. Eventually, I realized the task was more complex. Namely, to articulate a world in which the demolition derby and the possibility of living more constructively in the natural order are both real. And at once. So, not just no; not just yes; but yesno.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}
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ages 3
to 6
/ grades 1
to P
Getting Us to Grandma’s
No one knows maps like Nikki — but can she get her family to Grandma's house in time for the wedding?
