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The Rainbow Hand: Poems about Mothers and Children

The poems in this collection are about mothers and their children, both from the child's perspective and the mother's. Ranging in subject from a child walking in her mother's comforting, protective shadow to a ten-year-old girl wondering if her mother was a freak when she was ten years old to a mother holding her infant son, these poems touch on all aspects of the mother/child relationship.Here is Mother's Heart: My mother's heartis a bottlewith warm milkto soothe her hurtswith honeyto trap her bitternesswith a squirtof Tabasco — Shake her up! Inspired by her memories of her mother and her own role as a mother of a young son, these poems, skillfully illustrated in full color by Jennifer Hewitson, create an honest portrait of timeless human connections. Sometimes funny, sometimes sarcastic, always sensitive, the poems will find a ready audience among young people.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 22
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780689821486
  • Genres
  • poetry
  • Release date
  • 1999