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     A red tree and its roots are on display. It has no leaves. In the branches are people with light skin tone of different sizes and ages. Small things hang from red string on the branches. Blue birds fly by. The moon is giant and grey behind the tree. A banner wraps across the roots with the title and the author and illustrator’s names. Text: The Promise Basket. Bill Richardson. Slavka Kolesar.
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     The Exiles' Gallery
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She translated the middle-grade novel in verse \u003cem\u003eCaravan to the North\u003c\/em\u003e by Jorge Argueta.\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","ContributorRole_2":"Translated by","ContributorRole_3":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Argueta, Jorge","Contributor_1":"Sánchez, El Aleph","Contributor_2":"García, Juan Valentín Ramírez","Contributor_3":"Bell, Elizabeth (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of powerful poems, in Nahuat, Spanish and English, that celebrate Indigenous life and language despite efforts to eradicate them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems are a moving and eloquent description of how great poet Jorge Argueta came to know the almost extinct language of his ancestors. The poems tell stories of Jorge’s life growing up in the Salvadoran village of Witzapan, where his own grandmother taught him his first words in Nahuat. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThere are poems about the clay used to construct the village, the trees that grow in the countryside, the corn used to make tortillas and pupusas, and the Tepechapa River. Beautiful illustrations painted by Salvadoran artist El Aleph accompany each poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1930s, the government of El Salvador massacred many Nahuat people and banned them from speaking the language, attempting to eradicate their Indigenous identity. Despite the ban, village elders continued to keep the language and culture alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eToday there are many efforts to reintroduce the Nahuat language in El Salvador. Nahuat readers can share in Jorge’s childhood world of Witzapan. So can we, whether in the original or through the Spanish and English translations of his poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eauthor’s note\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003epoems\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eglossary\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003etable of contents\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003etranslations\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core States Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDescribe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDetermine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAnalyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773067827","Height":"9.75","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"\u003cp\u003eauthor’s note;poems;illustrations;glossary;table of contents;translations\u003c\/p\u003e","MetaKeywords":"Central America;El Salvador;California author;language revitalization and renewal;endangered languages;Nawat;bilingual;trilingual;books about;gift book;read-aloud;read-along;educational book;social-emotional learning (SEL);award-winning author and illustrator","NumberOfPages":"60","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eHONORING AND REVITALIZING LANGUAGE: The Nahua are one of many Indigenous groups in Central America. Written in tribute to the Nahuat language and the Pipil Nahua people of El Salvador, this book of poems honors a language that was once made illegal, echoing the colonial oppression of Indigenous Peoples around the globe. Each poem featurned in this book is presented in Nahuat, Spanish, and English. \u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eTHE NAHUA OF EL SALVADOR: In consciously learning Nahuat, poet and Pipil Nahua Jorge Argueta felt more connected to the world and culture in which he was raised. Jorge's cousin, Juan Valentín Ramírez García, is a noted translator and teacher of the Nahuat language, and ensured that Jorge's oral knowledge of the language was correctly translated to the page.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eAWARD-WINNING POET: Jorge Argueta is a highly acclaimed poet. His books are the winners of the Américas Award for Children and Young Adult Literature, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, the USBBY International Honor List and the Junior Library Guild List, among many other honors.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“A poet’s Nahua childhood engenders a halcyon homage through concise verses and inviting visuals.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“A must-purchase..., offering aspects of under-represented ­languages and cultures.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celebration of the Nahuat language and culture, presented as a collection of poems in Nahuat, Spanish and English, about growing up in the Salvadoran village of Witzapan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"EPUB, fixed","PublicationDate":"2026-04-07","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celebration of the Nahuat language and culture, presented as a collection of poems in Nahuat, Spanish and English, about growing up in the Salvadoran village of Witzapan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Width":"7.75","WidthCode":"in"} ages 9 to 99 / grades 4 to 12
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    Tay naja nitajtaketzki achtu tik Nawat / ‌Mis primeras palabras en nahuat / My First Words in Nahuat‌

    A celebration of the Nahuat language and culture, presented as a collection of poems in Nahuat, Spanish and English, about growing up in the Salvadoran village of Witzapan.

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     Designing Freedom
    Quick View {"id":6819092004923,"title":"Designing Freedom","handle":"designing-freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003eDistinguished cyberneticist Stafford Beer states the case for a new science of systems theory and cybernetics. 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His essays examine such issues as The Real Threat to All We Hold Most Dear, The Discarded Tools of Modern Man, A Liberty Machine in Prototype, Science in the Service of Man, The Future That Can Be Demanded Now, The Free Man in a Cybernetic World. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesigning Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e ponders the possibilities of liberty in a cybernetic world.\u003c\/p\u003e"} {"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780887847622","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487006297","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781770891074","BASICMainSubject":"SCI075000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"SCIENCE \/ Philosophy \u0026 Social Aspects","BiographicalNote":"Stafford Beer, an international consultant in the sciences of management and effective organization, wrote hundreds of papers and articles and five books. 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    Designing Freedom

    In his 1973 CBC Massey Lectures, distinguished cyberneticist Stafford Beer ponders the possibilities of liberty in a cybernetic world.

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     Crying Dress, Poems, by Cassidy McFadzean. The cover features a sketched illustration of a figure composed of different shapes on textured a beige background. The torso of the figure is a green sphere, the toe is a black point, the right arm a brown bat, the left arm a bell, and the face a combination of a white triangle and red half-circle. The figure has small lips as if it is wearing simple lipstick.
    Quick View {"id":7168136216635,"title":"Crying Dress","handle":"crying-dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eCrying Dress\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed poet Cassidy McFadzean’s third collection, explore the multiplicity of meaning that arises from fragmentation, rhythm, competing sounds, and ellipsis. Rooted in the tradition of lyric poetry, these strikingly original poems revel in musicality (rhyme, beat, and alliteration) while deploying puns, idiom, and other forms of linguistic play to create a dissonance that challenges the expected coherence of a poem. From the ghosts and gardens of Brooklyn and Sicily to the clanging of garbage chutes in Uno Prii’s modernist high rises in Toronto, to quiet moments of intimacy in domestic spaces, and the early days of sobriety and grief, \u003cem\u003eCrying Dress\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersections between noise and coherence, the conversational and the associative, the architectural and the ecological, while reaffirming the poet’s sonic, vertiginous lyricism and gift for overlooked detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-07-27T14:22:08-04:00","created_at":"2023-07-27T14:16:38-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) McFadzean Cassidy","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2024-04-02"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":2199,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41382972129339,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012588","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Crying Dress - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2199,"weight":195,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487012588","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":41382972915771,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012595","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Crying Dress - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487012595","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487012588.jpg?v=1709572553"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487012588.jpg?v=1709572553","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Crying Dress, Poems, by Cassidy McFadzean. 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From the ghosts and gardens of Brooklyn and Sicily to the clanging of garbage chutes in Uno Prii’s modernist high rises in Toronto, to quiet moments of intimacy in domestic spaces, and the early days of sobriety and grief, \u003cem\u003eCrying Dress\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersections between noise and coherence, the conversational and the associative, the architectural and the ecological, while reaffirming the poet’s sonic, vertiginous lyricism and gift for overlooked detail.\u003c\/p\u003e"} {"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487000264","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487007843","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781770890114","BASICMainSubject":"POE011000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POETRY \/ Canadian","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCASSIDY McFADZEAN\u003c\/strong\u003e studied poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and fiction at Brooklyn College. She is the author of two books of poetry: \u003cem\u003eDrolleries\u003c\/em\u003e (McClelland \u0026 Stewart 2019), shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award, and \u003cem\u003eHacker Packer\u003c\/em\u003e (M\u0026S 2015), which won two Saskatchewan Book Awards and was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Her crown of sonnets, \u003cem\u003eThird State of Being\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Gaspereau Press in 2022. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"POETRY \/ Canadian","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"POETRY \/ Women Authors","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"POETRY \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"POE011000","BISACSubject_1":"POE024000","BISACSubject_2":"POE000000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCASSIDY McFADZEAN\u003c\/strong\u003e studied poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and fiction at Brooklyn College. 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Rooted in the tradition of lyric poetry, these strikingly original poems revel in musicality (rhyme, beat, and alliteration) while deploying puns, idiom, and other forms of linguistic play to create a dissonance that challenges the expected coherence of a poem. From the ghosts and gardens of Brooklyn and Sicily to the clanging of garbage chutes in Uno Prii’s modernist high rises in Toronto, to quiet moments of intimacy in domestic spaces, and the early days of sobriety and grief, \u003cem\u003eCrying Dress\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersections between noise and coherence, the conversational and the associative, the architectural and the ecological, while reaffirming the poet’s sonic, vertiginous lyricism and gift for overlooked detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487012588","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487012588\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"112","OtherText_Accolades_0":"\u003cp\u003e‘There was a time we could have gone back but that time has passed,’ writes Cassidy McFadzean in \u003cem\u003eCrying Dress\u003c\/em\u003e, where poems of grief and intimacy memorably explore modernity’s juxtapositions of the beautiful, the bizarre, and the brutal. Here ‘the bud of a tadpole in cupped palms,’ a Frida Kahlo pillow, and the last text message from a loved one become unexpected keystones in the architecture of the speaker’s experience. These surprising, moving poems relate newfound sobriety, nascent love, and irrevocable loss, while capturing the flickering quality of contemporary attention. McFadzean confronts the immense entropy of our moment and uncovers, within it, within us, tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Michael Prior, author of Burning Province","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003eSeasonal affect falls into beautifully monstrous order in Cassidy McFadzean’s \u003cem\u003eCrying Dress\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection tracking a year’s circuitous passage in New York, Toronto, and abroad. Writing from the disorienting clarity of grief and new love, McFadzean sutures these states into blunt longing—to savour every warp of the world and to hover outside its adjunct horrors, a lyric zone in which the poet can ‘sing like an animal clawing inside.’\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Daniel Poppick, author of Fear of Description","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eMcFadzean is one of very few Canadians to be a graduate of the prestigious Iowa Writer’s Workshop. That combined with her recent MFA at New York University, and her regular publication in influential U.S. poetry journals (\u003cem\u003eDenver Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eColumba\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTupelo Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e) makes her a more familiar name in the American market.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhereas previous titles were set in historical sites, European and Asian countries, and amongst animals, real and imagined, \u003cem\u003eCrying Dress\u003c\/em\u003e is the first to delve mostly into urban environments, particularly Brooklyn and Toronto.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003e\u003cem\u003eCrying Dress\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersections between noise and coherence, the conversational and the associative, the architectural and the ecological.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2024-04-02","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003e\u003cem\u003eCrying Dress\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersections between noise and coherence, the conversational and the associative, the architectural and the ecological.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"Poems","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
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    Crying Dress

    Crying Dress explores the intersections between noise and coherence, the conversational and the associative, the architectural and the ecological.

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     Evil in Return
    Quick View {"id":6818366029883,"title":"Evil in Return","handle":"evil-in-return","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDI Mark Tartaglia investigates the murder of a bestselling novelist in the third novel in Elena Forbes’ bestselling mystery series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBestselling novelist Joe Logan walks out into a hot summer’s evening in central London. The next day his body is found dumped in a disused Victorian crypt at the Brompton Cemetery. He has been tied up, shot, and castrated. The killing has the hallmarks of a professional hit. But what had Logan done to deserve such a brutal end?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetective Mark Tartaglia is convinced that Logan’s personal life holds the key, but unravelling the victim's recent past proves difficult. Then the body of a second man is found in an old boathouse on the Thames — killed in an identical fashion to Logan. 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