Beautiful group poems and powerful personal statements fill out this collection of poetry. Learn about inventive characters, past lives, memories, and what these authors care about. Hear of Bigfoot, 2000 years old and living in Ohio; Gummy Bear, currently eating pizza and learning how to fly; and a 1000 pound turtle!

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the foreword, by E. Ethelbert Miller: “The poems in this book bring together the third and fourth-grade students of Savoy Elementary School in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, DC. These poems have been created East of the Anacostia River and they tell the stories of friendships and dreams.”