Sweet, Melissa

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Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends

Joyce Sidman | NONFICTION, Jun 30, 2025

An excellent purchase for library collections where poetry and nature books are popular.

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Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent

Mara Rockliff | NONFICTION, Sep 20, 2024

An inspiring book helping to remind everyone to look at things more carefully to find deeper meaning in ideas and life. Recommended for libraries where picture book biographies are popular.

How to Write a Poem

Kwame Alexander & Deanna Nikaido | NONFICTION, Jan 01, 2023

Both a teaching tool for writing poetry as well as an ode to poetry itself. Highly recommended.

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Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden

Phyllis Root & Gary D. Schmidt | NONFICTION, Jun 01, 2022

Elementary school-aged readers will enjoy learning about a colorful and creative woman through this work.

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Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott

Joyce Scott with Brie Spangler and Melissa Sweet | FICTION, Jul 01, 2021

For the art shelves or biography, this is a tale that teaches empathy; the coauthors and illustrator have recreated a loving world with harsh realities dancing around the melancholy edges.

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Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word

Paul Fleischman | NONFICTION, Apr 01, 2020

In an age driven by images, this book is an anomaly. Its audience is language lovers. Even though Fleischman’s gushing writing style gets in the way of his own love for the subject, the book has unusual appeal and is beautifully produced.