Bag in the Wind by Ted Kooser
In a singular first children's book, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Ted Kooser follows a plastic bag on its capricious journey from a landfill into a seriesof townspeople's lives. (Ages 5-8) One cold morning in early spring, a bulldozer pushes a pile of garbage around a landfill and uncovers an empty plastic bag -- a perfectly good bag, the color of the skin of a yellow onion, with two holes for handles -- that someone has thrown away. Just then, a puff of wind lifts the rolling, flapping bag over a chain-link fence and into the lives of several townsfolk -- a can-collecting girl, a homeless man, a store owner -- not that all of them notice. Renowned poet Ted Kooser fashions an understated yet compassionate world full of happenstance and connection, neglect and care, all perfectly expressed in Barry Root's tender illustrations. True to the book's earth-friendly spirit, it is printed on paper containing 100 percent recycled post-consumer waste and includes an author's note on recycling plastic bags.
Former US Senator Ted Kooser is now a Presidential Professor at the University of Nebraska. Pulitzer Prize in Poetry recipient and poet laureate. He is the coauthor (with Steve Cox) of Writing Bold and Free: Encouraging Words for Individuals Who Wish to Start Writing (Nebraska 2006), and the author of The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Starting Poets (Nebraska 2005) and Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Mountains, which is available in a Bison Books edition. Tom Pohrt is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based illustrator.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780763630010 |
| ISBN 10 | 0763630012 |
| Title | Bag in the Wind |
| Author | Ted Kooser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2010-02-23 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |