Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Honeybee: Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye

Nye, Naomi Shihab. Honeybee: Poems.
Greenwillow see Harper Collins, 2008,164p, $17.89, 978-0-06-085390-7
Middle school

In eighty-two poems and short prose paragraphs, Naomi Shihab Nye examines the world in which we live. She touches on many of the essentials of that are necessary in living the “good” life. Her work ranges from a description of the beautiful dance of the honeybee and its importance to the world to sorrowful discussions about the art of war. Lovely in tone, she both illuminates the dichotomies that cause such divisions in our lives and calms the emotions. SO

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