<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Girls — Poetry."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Girls — Poetry."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/toledo/rss/search?query=%22Girls%20%E2%80%94%20Poetry.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:22:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Bless the Daughter Raised by A Voice in Her Head]]></title><description><![CDATA["With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, makes her own stumbling way towards womanhood. Drawing from her own life and the lives of loved ones, as well as pop culture and news headlines, Shire finds vivid, unique details in the experiences of refugees and immigrants, mothers and daughters, Black women, and teenage girls. In Shire's hands, lives spring into fullness. This is noisy life: full of music and weeping and surahs and sirens and birds. This is fragrant life: full of blood and perfume and shisha smoke and jasmine and incense. This is polychrome life: full of henna and moonlight and lipstick and turmeric and kohl"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2324955</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2324955</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shire, Warsan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2324955218</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>Poems</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593134351/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Maze Me]]></title><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1746051</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1746051</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nye, Naomi Shihab]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1746051218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Poems for Girls</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780060581893/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage]]></title><description><![CDATA["A fierce collection of poems for anyone who is, or has been, or knows a teenage girl. Full of advice, critique, reflection, commiseration, humor, sorrow and rage, this anthology will live in backpacks and under beds for years, its pages dog eared and coffee stained. Including poems by some of the most exciting poets writing and performing today, this anthology will stand out as a collection of what is new, thrilling and fearless in female writing." -- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2129193</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2129193</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2129193218</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781938912207/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emily Stew]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mixes childhood emotions with a generous portion of imagination to make a quirky, sweet collection of poetry. Various characters named Emily are featured in poems about food, family, and everyday events.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1940666</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1940666</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rockwell, Thomas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1940666218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>With Some Side Dishes</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781596433366/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's All That!]]></title><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1802249</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1802249</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1802249218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Poems About Girls</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780753458525/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep Climbing, Girls]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dynamic ode to girl power was written by noted Afro-American actor, poet, and playwright Beach E. Richards. First published in 1951, her poem is given new life in this edition that includes an introduction by LisaGay Hamilton and stunning illustrations by R. Gregory Christie. With its inspirational messsage, this book will empower children with the realization that "the path of life goes up and up/not down!"]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1786725</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1786725</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richards, Beah E.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1786725218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781416902645/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family Reunion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fifteen poems tell chronologically of a young girl's experiences at her family's week-long reunion.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1741610</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1741610</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Quattlebaum, Mary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1741610218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Poems</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780802852373/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crowning Glory]]></title><description><![CDATA[A collection of poems, including "First Braids," "Grandma's Way," and "Mama's Glory," in which an Afro-American girl celebrates herself, her family, and her heritage.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1664124</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1664124</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas, Joyce Carol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1664124218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Poems</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780060234744/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judy Scuppernong]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poems describe the daily experiences of four girls growing up in a small town in Georgia in the early 1950s.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1618558</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1618558</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seabrooke, Brenda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1618558218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525650386/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[For A Girl Becoming]]></title><description><![CDATA["A baby girl is welcomed to the breathing world by generations of her family and set on the magnificent journey of becoming. As she grows, she is reminded of her connections to the natural world; to her family, her ancestors, her neighbors; to the source of all magic and sorrow -- and of her responsibility to uphold and honor those connections. With US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's transcendent verse and Pura Belpre Award winner Adriana Garcia's monumental illustrations, For a Girl Becoming acts as a blessing and a harbinger for a young girl's life -- and reminds those of us who still stand at the door of becoming that it is our relationships with nature and with each other that carry us through it." -- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2405412</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2405412</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harjo, Joy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2405412218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781324052241/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Unboxing of A Black Girl]]></title><description><![CDATA["Set in New York City in the '90s, Angela Shanté's poems and stories paint a mosaic of childhood that is shaped by the past and reverberates into the present. As Shanté navigates the city through memory, this timeless book illuminates the places where Black girls are nurtured or boxed in, through stories and poems about expectations, exploitation, love, loss, and self-realization. Her poems center on pivotal moments of Black childhood, using footnotes that encourage you to listen to songs, watch movies, and even learn how to play Spades to further contextualize and celebrate Black culture in every aspect of life. But even with Black joy, life ain't no crystal stair. Between fond memories, Shanté also explores the dark corners of childhood by showing us the ways adultification, misogynoir, and sexual assault can impact girlhood. Every piece in this memoir invites you to unpack the past--to find and transcend the expectations and boxes the world puts Black girls in."-- Book jacket.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2395816</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2395816</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shanté, Angela]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2395816218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798890039538/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concrete Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author takes readers on a poetic journey through her childhood in Harlem. León explores love and loss, melody and bloodshed as she navigates the intricacies of foster care, mourning, self-love, and resilience. She invites readers to dream with abandon-- because it is a privilege to dream at all. -- adapted from front flap.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2307559</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2307559</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[León, Amyra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2307559218</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593095195/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Girl Power]]></title><description><![CDATA["Black girl power is . . . bringing your favorite stuffed animal to your first real sleepover ... Escaping an eerie dollhose that's got you trapped inside... Making new friends, one magical baked good at a time... Finding the courage to dance to the beat of your own drum.. and more! From fifteen legendary Black women authors comes a dazzling collection of epic adventures, heartwarming friendships, the best (and worst) parts of growing up, and the powere we find in the everyday" -- dust jacket.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2396533</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2396533</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2396533218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>15 Stories Celebrating Black Girlhood</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781368098960/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Girl You Are Atlas]]></title><description><![CDATA["Poet Renée Watson looks back at her childhood and urges readers to look forward at their futures with love, understanding, and celebration in this fully illustrated poetry collection."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2379437</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2379437</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Watson, Renée]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2379437218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593461709/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Don't Have to Be Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poetry awakens your inner world and makes all your feelings come alive. The poems in this collection-- chosen with girls in mind-- sing of diversity, self-discovery, and self-acceptance. Grouped by emotional experience, the poems offer girls and young women wisdom and compassion for a vital, formative time in their lives. They also give the reader permission let go of shame and perfectionism. By accepting your own contradictions, you can embrace the fullness of who you are-- and of who you are becoming.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2300900</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2300900</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2300900218</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781523510993/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say Her Name]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices celebrating the creativity, resilience, and courage of Black women and girls. This collection features forty-nine powerful poems, four of which are tribute poems inspired by the works of Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, and Phillis Wheatley.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2307525</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2307525</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elliott, Zetta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2307525218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781368045247/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Poetry Book for Sad, Messed-up Teenagers]]></title><description><![CDATA["Life is rough, and mental health issues do not make it any easier. But, we can get through it with words, thoughts, and poetry. A Poetry Book For Sad, Messed-Up Teenagers, the first book in my "giving up on giving up" series, will help you understand that you are not alone. Humor, pain, truth, hurt, and healing. This series documents the journey of a real teenager, in real time, traveling from hopelessness to hopefulness. There is light at the end of the tunnel. You are not alone. "-- Amazon.com]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2330838</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2330838</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adams, Gracie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2330838218</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781081751579/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The In-between]]></title><description><![CDATA["In the early 2000s, thirteen-year-old Katie Van Heidrich has moved more times that she can count, for as long as she can remember. There were the slow moves where you see the whole thing coming. There were the fast ones where you grab what you can in seconds. When Katie and her family come back from an out-of-town funeral, they discover their landlord has unceremoniously evicted them, forcing them to pack lightly and move quickly. They make their way to an Extended Stay America Motel, with Katie's mother promising it's temporary. Within the four walls of their new home, Katie and her siblings, Josh and Haley, try to live a normal life--all while wondering if things would be easier living with their father. Lyrical and forthcoming, Katie navigates the complexities that come with living in-between: in between homes, parents, and childhood and young adulthood, all while remaining hopeful for the future." -- Publisher marketing.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2369927</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2369927</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Van Heidrich, Katie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2369927218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir in Verse</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781665920124/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrate]]></title><description><![CDATA["In her virtuosic debut, Courtney Faye Taylor explores the under-told history of the murder of Latasha Harlins--a fifteen-year-old Black girl killed by a Korean shop owner, Soon Ja Du, after being falsely accused of shoplifting a bottle of orange juice. Harlins’s murder and the following trial, which resulted in no prison time for Du, were inciting incidents of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, and came to exemplify the long-fraught relationship between Black and Asian American communities in the United States. Through a collage-like approach to collective history and storytelling, Taylor’s poems present a profound look into the insidious points at which violence originates against--and between--women of color. Concentrate displays an astounding breadth of form and experimentation in found texts, micro-essays, and visual poems, merging worlds and bending time in order to interrogate inexorable encounters with American patriarchy and White supremacy manifested as sexual and racially charged violence. These poems demand absolute focus on Black womanhood’s relentless refusal to be unseen, even and especially when such luminosity exposes an exceptional vulnerability to harm and erasure. Taylor’s inventive, intimate book radically reconsiders the cost of memory, forging a path to a future rooted in solidarity and possibility. Concentrate, she writes. We have decisions to make. Fire is that decision to make." -- publisher's website.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2355414</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2355414</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taylor, Courtney Faye]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2355414218</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>Poems</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781644452103/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking Gentry Home]]></title><description><![CDATA["A true American epic in verse, Walking Gentry Home tells the story of Alora Young's ancestors, from the unnamed women the historical record has forgotten but Alora brings to life through imagination; to Amy, the first of her foremothers to arrive in Tennessee, buried in an unmarked grave unlike the white man who enslaved her and fathered her child; through Alora's great-grandmother Gentry, unhappily married at fourteen; to her own mother, the teenage beauty queen rejected by her white neighbors; down to Alora in the present day as she leaves childhood behind and becomes a young woman. The lives of these women come together to form a narrative that speaks of generational curses, coming of age, homes and small towns, fleeting loves and lasting consequences, and the brutal and ever-present legacy of slavery in the American South. Each poem is a story-in-verse and together they form an arresting saga. Both heart-wrenching and inspiring, this unique family memoir finds joy and pride where others might only see despair. Informed by archival research, the will and testament of a slaver, formal interviews, family lore, and even a DNA test, Walking Gentry Home gives voice to those most often muted: Black girls and women in America"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2335334</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2335334</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Young, Alora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2335334218</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593498002/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Girl Like Me]]></title><description><![CDATA["Empower young readers to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring picture book brings together a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson and Nina Crews' distinctive photocollage illustrations to celebrate girls of color."]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2260961</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2260961</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnson, Angela]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2260961218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781541557772/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Girl Magic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Much of what twenty-first century culture tells black girls is not pretty: Don't wear this; don't smile at that. Don't have an opinion; don't dream big. And most of all, don't love yourself. In response to such destructive ideas, internationally recognized poet Mahogany Browne challenges the conditioning of society by crafting an anthem of strength and magic undeniable in its bloom for all beautiful Black girls.--Provided by Publisher.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2210120</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2210120</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Browne, Mahogany L.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2210120218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Poem</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250173720/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wait]]></title><description><![CDATA["In a small town under a spell, a child bride prays for the sheriff's gun. Iron under a bed stops a nightmare. The carousel artist can carve only birds. Party fairy tale and part Gothic ballad, Wait spans a single year: the year before a woman's marriage. Someone is always watching- from the warehouse, from the woods. And on the outskirts of town, someone new is waiting."]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2005958</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2005958</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stine, Alison]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2005958218</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780299283148/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to (un)cage A Girl]]></title><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1881194</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1881194</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Block, Francesca Lia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1881194218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780061358364/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hair Dance!]]></title><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1837064</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1837064</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnson, Dinah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1837064218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780805065237/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>