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Taylor Mali
Taylor Mali, well-known slam poet and educator, has grown up and settled down, and the proof can be found in his newest, award-winning collection of poetry, Late Father and Other…
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Writers of all ages and levels of experience have been using Taylor Mali's Metaphor Dice for years to explore and revel in the formulaic nature of metaphors. The game gives…
Called a ranting comic showman and a literary provocateur by The New York Times, Taylor Mali writes eloquently and entertainingly about his experiences in and out of the middle school…
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Teacher turned teacher’s advocate Mali inspired millions with his original poem What Teachers Make, a passionate and unforgettable response to a rich man who sneeringly asked him what teachers make…
Not since Taylor Mali, has there been a poet of the likes of Taylor Mali-which is to say he is a man of unique properties. He is tagged as a…
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You don’t need a classroom to be a teacher, and you don’t need to be a teacher to help someone learn a lesson. Taylor Mali’s poetry explores this truth in…
Originally published by Hanover Press (2002).
With the perfect blend of wit, eloquence, and honesty, Taylor Mali’s poems delight, haunt, and illuminate with equal measure every subject they celebrate. Bouquet of Red Flags is laced with…
Educator and acclaimed poet Taylor Mali honors the magic of teachers and mentors in this joyful, energetic, uplifting gift book.
Easy teachers who gave easy tests are not the teachers…
Jennifer Armstrong
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven men sailed from England in an attempt to cross Antarctica from one side to the other. Their ship, Endurance, became…
In this passionate biography, the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Whipping Boy turns his eye to the greatest magician of them all: Harry Houdini. Includes an index, Author’s Note, and…
Nathaniel Philbrick
This true-life adventure is the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex –an event as mythic in the 18th century as the Titanic disaster was in the 20th…
Jim Murphy
On March 12, 1888, hurricane-force winds and unrelenting snow began to bring the region of Virginia to Maine to its knees. During the next three days, the Great Blizzard raged…
By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, the author constructs a narrative of the Great Fire of Chicago. He…
