I Hear the World Sing (Sento Cantare Il Mondo): Italian and American Children Joined in Poetry (Bambini Italiani E Americani Uniti in Poesia)

Shared joys and concerns across cultures and language, expressed in the poetry of children.When school children from Kent, Ohio and Florence, Italy, were invited to express their thoughts about "Where I'm From" in poetry, the connections that emerged between these students from different continents were remarkable.Their responses to this prompt-"lo vengo da" in Italian-demonstrate the underlying importance of home, families, the natural world, and the creative identities that children harbour within them. The 40 poems in I Hear the World Sing, printed in both English and Italian, presents these poems in three sections-"The Chirp of Little Birds," "Witness the River," and "I Write to Grow a World"-which explore and celebrate the commonalities between us.Anyone can be a poet, no matter the language one speaks or writes. And by presenting each poem in two languages, this collection emphasises how successfully poetry transcends both physical and linguistic boundaries, no matter the age of