| Contents |
Campfire (Denali National Park, Alaska) / Janet S. Wong -- Longhouse song (Oneida National Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin) / Joseph Bruchac -- Langston (Watkins Museum of History, Lawrence, Kansas) / Lee Bennet Hopkins -- A Sunday trip to Chinatown (San Francisco, California) / Alma Flor Ada -- Tree speaks (Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona) / Nikki Grimes -- Midway magic (State Fair of Texas, Dallas) / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- On the Mississippi (Mississippi River, Mississippi) / J. Patrick Lewis -- Runaway (The Ringling Circus Museum, Sarasota, Florida) / Jane Medina -- Bell (Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) / Linda Sue Park -- The moccasins (National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.) / Kristine O'Connell George -- Sandy Hook Lighthouse (Fort Hancock, New Jersey) / Joan Bransfield Graham -- 1 2 5 (Harlem, New York City) / Jamie Adoff -- Fenway Park (Boston, Massachusetts) / Charles Waters -- Niagara (Niagara Falls, New York) / Prince Redcloud. |
| Abstract |
"Poems focusing on unique places of historical, environmental, and/or cultural interest in the United States by poets from diverse backgrounds, including Alma Flor Ada, Joseph Bruchac, Nikki Grimes, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Linda Sue Park, and many others. Includes additional information about each place, and sources"-- Provided by publisher. |
