More Spice Than Sugar: Poems about Feisty Females
Publication Information
Author:  Morrison, Lillian (comp.)	Illustrator:  Boyajian, Ann
Title:  More Spice Than Sugar: Poems about Feisty Females	Date:  2001
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin	City:  Boston
ISBN, paperback:  0-618-06892-9	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
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General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies| language arts - reading
Summary:
All the poems in this collection are about women and girls, some famous and some not. The three sections of the book are "When I Am Me," "She's a Winner" (about sports), and "Against the Odds." Work from some famous poets is included.
Teaching Ideas:
A few of the poems seem too child-like, but most are powerful. Teachers will find many uses for these-- as the focus of individual response activities, for reading aloud, as complements to study of some of the famous women who are the subjects of poems (Georgia O'Keefe, Emily Dickinson, Wilma Rudolph, Fannie Lou Hamer, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Clara Barton, Jeanne D'Arc).
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Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Tubman, Harriet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > gender Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > problem solving History > region > U.S. history > Civil Rights > integration Family Heroes and Heroines > well-known heroes Heroes and Heroines > ordinary people Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Truth, Sojourner Literature and Language > poetry

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