![]() ![]() And when she returns her mother’s poems to the box in the attic, she leaves her own poems too, for someone else to find, someday. To let her mother know this, she creates a gift: a book with her own poems and copies of her mother’s. Reading the poems and sharing those experiences through her mother’s eyes, the young girl feels closer to her mother than ever before. Over the years, her mother used poetry to record her experiences in the many places the family lived. ![]() Her mother’s family often moved around the United States and the world because her father was in the Air Force. New York City Dept of Education National Poetry Month recommendationĪbout the Book During a visit to her grandma's house, a young girl discovers a box of poems in the attic, poems written by her mother when she was growing up. Buy this book at your favorite bookseller:īank Street College Best Children’s Books of the Year 2016 ![]()
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