Synopses & Reviews
With twenty-five eloquent poems written in two voices -- daughter's and mother's -- that speak alone, speak in unison, and even harmonize on the page, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Thomas celebrates the moments in life that form the unique bond between every mother and daughter from birth to girlhood and into adulthood. A Mother's Heart, A Daughter's Love: Poems for Us to Share is a gift to read aloud, to cherish, and to share from generation to generation.
About the Author
Joyce Carol Thomas is an internationally renowned poet, novelist, and playwright. She received the National Book Award for her first novel for children,
Marked by Fire, and a Coretta Scott King Honor for her first picture book,
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea. She also received a Coretta Scott King Honor, an International Reading Association Teachers Choice Award and an American Library Association Notable Award for her epic poem,
I Have Heard of a Land.
In addition to these celebrated titles, Joyce Carol Thomas has written other books of poetry, such as A Mothers Heart, A Daughters Love: Poems for Us to Share; Crowning Glory; and Gingerbread Days. She has also written collections of short stories, including A Gathering of Flowers: Stories About Being Young in America; The Bowlegged Rooster: And Other Tales That Signify; and Whats the Hurry, Fox? And Other Animal Stories, which is an adaptation of short stories collected by Zora Neale Hurston.
Joyce Carol Thomas has also written two board books, Cherish Me and You Are My Perfect Baby, and the novels Bright Shadow and When the Nightingale Sings.
A native of Ponca City, Oklahoma, Joyce Carol Thomas now lives in Berkeley, California.