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There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me

by Alice Walker

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ISBN13: 9780060570804
ISBN10: 0060570806
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< center> < p> There is a road< br> At the bottom< br> Of my Foot< br> Walking me. < /p> < /center> < p> In a beautifully poetic and gently provocative text, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers young and old to see the world — and our place in it — through new eyes. < /p> < p> Glowing colors and radiant images accompany this joyous celebration of the connections and interconnections between self, Nature, and creativity. < /p>

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"Walker (The Color Purple; Finding the Green Stone) praises the surroundings that fortify the human experience. In her vision, people do not work their will on the things around them, but rather the people and the universe influence each other: 'There is a flower/ At the tip/ Of my nose/ Smelling/ Me./ There is a sky/ At the end/ Of my/ Eye/ Seeing/ Me.' Vitale (When the Wind Stops) paints great swaths of sunset sky that glow from the horizon, illuminating the serene face of a dreaming girl who looks as if she would be at home anywhere. 'There is a dance/ That lives/ In my bones/ Dancing/ Me,' reads the text, as the heroine, charged from within by streams of incandescent energy, leaps and sways in swirls of sunlight that stream out from her fingertips. 'There is a story/ At the end/ Of my arms,' Walker concludes, 'Telling/ Me!' Now a rainbow falls over the girl's face, and creation holds out marvelous possibilities. Smaller versions of herself surround the girl in a frieze: in these miniature images she flies, dives into the waves with a fish and climbs the leaves of an enormous white flower to kiss its face. It's less a story than an illuminated prayer — an expression of gratitude for one girl, all humans and the whole of the cosmos. All ages." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Synopsis:

In a beautifully poetic and gently provocative text, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers to see the world and their place in it through new eyes. Full color.

Synopsis:

There is a road

At the bottom

Of my Foot

Walking me.

In a beautifully poetic and gently provocative text, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers young and old to see the world — and our place in it — through new eyes.

Glowing colors and radiant images accompany this joyous celebration of the connections and interconnections between self, Nature, and creativity.

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About the Author

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and an American Book Award for her novel The Color Purple. She has written numerous poems, essays, and short stories, including her most recent book, The Way Forward is With a Broken Heart. Originally published in 1974, Langston Hughes: American Poet was Alice Walker's first book for children. This picture book biography is now back in print with a new author's note and beautiful new illustrations. Ms. Walker lives in Northern California.
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detteneri, May 5, 2007 (view all comments by detteneri)
new and simple way of celebrating senses that made me think and say, 'there's a world at the depths of my being, living me.'
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060570804
Author:
Vitale, Stefano
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Illustrator:
Vitale, Stefano
Author:
by Alice Walker and Stefano Vitale
Author:
Moneymaker, Chris
Author:
Vitale, Stefano
Subject:
Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
Subject:
Nature - General
Subject:
Poetry - General
Subject:
Children's 4-8 - Poetry / Plays
Subject:
Body, Mind & Spirit
Subject:
Poetry : General
Subject:
General
Subject:
Children's poetry, American
Subject:
Self
Subject:
Gambling - Table
Subject:
Children's poetry
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
20060531
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
All
Language:
English
Illustrations:
, Y
Pages:
32
Dimensions:
11 x 8.5 in 12.88 oz
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
100
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"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "Walker (The Color Purple; Finding the Green Stone) praises the surroundings that fortify the human experience. In her vision, people do not work their will on the things around them, but rather the people and the universe influence each other: 'There is a flower/ At the tip/ Of my nose/ Smelling/ Me./ There is a sky/ At the end/ Of my/ Eye/ Seeing/ Me.' Vitale (When the Wind Stops) paints great swaths of sunset sky that glow from the horizon, illuminating the serene face of a dreaming girl who looks as if she would be at home anywhere. 'There is a dance/ That lives/ In my bones/ Dancing/ Me,' reads the text, as the heroine, charged from within by streams of incandescent energy, leaps and sways in swirls of sunlight that stream out from her fingertips. 'There is a story/ At the end/ Of my arms,' Walker concludes, 'Telling/ Me!' Now a rainbow falls over the girl's face, and creation holds out marvelous possibilities. Smaller versions of herself surround the girl in a frieze: in these miniature images she flies, dives into the waves with a fish and climbs the leaves of an enormous white flower to kiss its face. It's less a story than an illuminated prayer — an expression of gratitude for one girl, all humans and the whole of the cosmos. All ages." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Synopsis" by , In a beautifully poetic and gently provocative text, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers to see the world and their place in it through new eyes. Full color.

"Synopsis" by ,

There is a road

At the bottom

Of my Foot

Walking me.

In a beautifully poetic and gently provocative text, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers young and old to see the world — and our place in it — through new eyes.

Glowing colors and radiant images accompany this joyous celebration of the connections and interconnections between self, Nature, and creativity.

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