A journey can lead east and west, from north to south, up, down, over, under, in between, and next to. A journey can last a minute, an hour, a year, a month, a lifetime. A journey might be slow or fast or both. A journey might be shining. One journey could remind you of another one. Are you sliding? Stumbling? Floating? Maybe it all depends on your point of view. Where -- and how -- will these sixteen poems take you? Winner 2000 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Come with me To the quiet minute between two noisy minutes It's always waiting ready to welcome us Tucked under the wing of the day I'll be there Where will you be? A journey with Naomi Shihab Nye and Dan Yaccarino is impossible to resist. Sixteen luminous poems by Nye are accompanied by Yaccarino's stunning mixed-media collages. Nye, poet, novelist, essayist, and anthologist, writes of journeys--internal and external, short and long, slow and fast. Her poetry invites readers to sail away, to rejoice in the journey as well as the destination, and to notice everything along the way. Yaccarino, award-winning artist, and illustrator of Circle Dogs , Deep in the Jungle , An Octopus Followed Me Home , and others, crafts unusual and compelling collages to lose oneself in. His rich use of color, texture, and pattern complements Nye's deeply layered, absorbing poems. This is a collection to cherish. (Ages 4 and older) --Emilie Coulter Grade 2-6-The 16 free-verse, lyric poems here make a unique contribution to original poetry for children. Nye's voice is direct and natural, but magical in its sensibility, with an attention to the world and to itself that recalls the work of Emily Dickinson or William Stafford. And she has an ear for kids' voices, as in "Mad": "I got mad at my mother/so I flew to the moon./-My mother sent up a silver thread/for me to slide down on./She knows me so well./She knows I like silver." The poems are recognizably similar to her adult work, but focus on the child's view, quavering between uncertainty and conviction, awe and courage. Yaccarino's mixed-media collages set a strong mood without overpowering the poems. Suggestive wide brushstrokes or stencils on wood or corrugated paper in a deep, warm palette give a sense of movement that the poems' layouts shadow. Each line exerts a pull like gravity-whether it's about shoes, seasons, letters, or laws of physics. This is a truly fine collection. Nina Lindsay, Oakland Public Library, CA Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Ages 5-8. In this delightful, provocative collection, 16 free-verse poems, playful to pensive, illustrate different kinds of journeys, from trips to unknown places to travels of the imagination. "Where Are We Going?" captures the wonder of big cities, where "everything we thought we knew / is different here, and just as true." The philosophical "Spinning" ponders growing up and the mystique of time--"first grade takes twenty years to get through / But second grade only takes ten." Nye effectively uses line breaks, unexpected rhymes, and repetition for emphasis, and her creative imagery will engage readers while encouraging new perspectives on everyday experiences and endless opportunity to imagine not just pictures but stories: "a secret is a ticket / and without it / the trip would be / too lonely." Yaccarino's richly hued, abstract collage-and-paint illustrations enhance the text, with moods and images as evocative as the words. A welcome addition to poetry collections, this beautifully depicts life and poetry as journeys filled with possibilities, discoveries, and rewards. \plain\f0\fs17 Shelle Rosenfeld Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved A journey can lead east and west, from north to south, up, down, over, under, in between, and next to. A journey can last a minute, an hour, a year, a month, a lifetime. A journey might be slow or fast or both. A journey might be shining. One journey could remind you of another one. Are you sliding? Stumbling? Floating? Maybe it all depends on your point of view. Where -- and how -- will these sixteen poems take you? Winner 2000 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Naomi Shihab Nye  was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father was a Palestinian refugee and her mother an American of German and Swiss descent, and she spent her adolescence in both Jerusalem and San Antonio, Texas. She earned her BA from Trinity University in San Antonio. Naomi Shihab Nye describes herself as a “wandering poet.” She has spent more than forty years traveling the country and the world, leading writing workshops and inspiring students of all ages. Naomi Shihab Nye is the author and/or editor of more than thirty books. Her books of poetry for adults and young people include 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East (a finalist for the National Book Award); A Maze Me: Poems for Girls ; Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners ; Honeybee (winner of the Arab American Book Award); Cast Away: P