{"product_id":"9781633222762","title":"Traveling the Blue Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2018 Notable Poetry Book for Children (National Council of Teachers of English)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Selected for Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2018 by NCSS-CBC, a cooperative project of the National Council for the Social Studies and the Children’s Book Council\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraveling the Blue Road\u003c\/i\u003e is a carefully curated collection of kid-friendly poetry about the ever inspiring subject of the ocean. Themes include pilgrimages, migration, culture, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prepare to be inspired by the sea with \u003ci\u003eTraveling the Blue Road\u003c\/i\u003e. This book is packed with\u003cb\u003e gorgeous illustrations \u003c\/b\u003ethat surround a collection of\u003cb\u003e poetry for children \u003c\/b\u003eon the themes of the \u003cb\u003ecourage\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebeauty\u003c\/b\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e promise of sea voyages\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Compiled and edited by award-winning poet Lee Bennett Hopkins, the poems describe how the \u003cb\u003esea has historically shone as a metaphor for both hope and despair\u003c\/b\u003e, and served as a pathway for\u003cb\u003e people searching for new life\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eTraveling the Blue Road\u003c\/i\u003e includes poems about the \u003cb\u003epilgrims \u003c\/b\u003ecoming to the New World, the Mariel boatlift, the Vietnamese boat people, a Dutch slave ship, the current \u003cb\u003emigration \u003c\/b\u003esituation in the Mediterranean, and the \u003cb\u003evoyage \u003c\/b\u003eof the \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributing poets include Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Paul B. Janeczko, J. Patrick Lewis, Allan Wolf, Marilyn Nelson, Denver Butson, Georgia Heard, Jane Yolen, Naomi Shihab Nye, and G. Neri, and Margarita Engle, the\u003cb\u003e recently named Young People's Poet Laureate\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Named one of Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year, 2018!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quarto Publishing Group USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356476821676,"sku":"9781633222762","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/13475113482769.jpg?v=1781638707","url":"https:\/\/giftshop.carlemuseum.org\/products\/9781633222762","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}