My Poems: A Lifetime Collection of Poetry by Sister Maria de Jesus Ybarra, OP CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - Filipino

My Poems: A Lifetime Collection of Poetry by Sister Maria de Jesus Ybarra, OP CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - FilipinoMy Poems: A Lifetime Collection of Poetry is the story of the life of a remarkable woman, Sister Maria de Jesus Ybarra, wonderfully told through her life long writing of thoughtful and engaging poems. Sister Maria was born on October 14, 1928, in Edinburg, Texas, and passed away on May 2, 2015. She was the oldest in a family of 13; six girls and seven boys. Born during the Depression, she watched her family struggle. Her father worked for little pay

2020 Gold Benjamin Franklin Award in the Children's Picture Book (4-7 years) Category

” —Napoleon V

Ben is inherently corruptible

the author offers a vivid

1997)Language ‏ : ‎ FilipinoPaperback ‏ : ‎ 82 pagesISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 971506090-0ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-97-1-506090-5

and cinnamon so costly that they had been making kingdoms fabulously rich for centuries

This is one of the most compelling memoirs I have ever read

where he has served as Writer-in-Residence and professor at the Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature and associate director for criticism at the Institute of Creative Writing

as well as chapters specifically on the practice

Published 2016

Autographed copy

2009)Language ‏ : ‎ EnglishPaperback ‏ : ‎ 233 pagesISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9715065058ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9715065054