Theme: Poets

A Caribbean Dozen: Poems from Caribbean Poets

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Thirteen Caribbean poets recount childhood experiences in poetry and prose.

Descriptors: Caribbean, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A lyrical biography of a Cuban slave who escaped to become a celebrated poet. Born into the household of a wealthy slave owner in Cuba in 1797, Juan Francisco Manzano spent his early years by the side of a woman who made him call her Mama, even though he had a mama of his own. [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Cuba, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poetry » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

To Go Singing Through the World: The Childhood of Pablo Neruda

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Pablo Neruda grew up in the rough and wild frontier town of Temuco, Chile. His father was a railroad man and not inclined to draw out the introspective boy. However, his stepmother, descended from the Mapuche people, was gentle and nurturing and told him stories of Chile’s native people. But in her husband’s presence, she [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Chile, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Cyrano

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 19, 2007

A shamed of his ugliness, long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac, a brilliant seventeenth-century poet and expert swordsman in the French army, helps a rival woo and win Roxane, the beautiful cousin Cyrano loves in silence.

Descriptors: Database, England (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed