I Am A YoungStar AILMSM! Sampler Poems: Positivity Poems for Young Adults

by Karen E. Dabney, Karen E. Dabney (Illustrator), Dabs and Company (Editor)

Overview

HEY YOUNGSTARS! The sampling of 25 poems inside are for YOU! They are to let YOU know folk LOVE & CARE about YOU & want to help YOU SHINE & SOAR in life! There are so many GOOD people pulling for YOU - even if YOU don't know, can't see or feel them, they are there! And, we ALL know how sometimes life's easy & other times SO HARD! But YOU can work at feeling better about the struggle when YOU OPEN YOURself to PREPARE for & FIND the LESSONS. Some of these poems are breezy & others are stormy. Dress for the weather & wade in! Allow YOURself to FEEL in order to stay TRUE & FOCUSED! WE NEED YOU TOO cuz WE ALL got a lot of WORK to DO! BE STRONG & LIVE LONG! Don't give up the fight! Pamoja Tutushinde!"Together We Will Win

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781482762754
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/15/2013
Series:	The YoungStar Series , #3
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.13(d)

About the Author

About the Author

Karen E. Dabney, a native Detroiter, possesses a BFA from The University of Michigan and a BA from the University of Detroit Mercy, and The School of Hard Knocks.

She has been/is involved with youth as a speaker, mentor, teacher, recreation supervisor, "cheer leader," and friend.

Her publications as author, artist, and producer include: I am a YoungStar and I Love Me Some ME!; The Magic Pencil, its Curriculum Guide, and Black Language Glossary; 44th Barack H. Obama The Commemorative Edition; Michigan Chronicle; For My People newspaper; Journal of Non-White Concerns; The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Newsletter; The University of Michigan Dearborn's The Michigan Journal; To the Poet in You; The Poets' Band; I Said It... and I Meant It; Jenga; and Necessary Roughness.

Karen attended writing workshops with the Voices of Our Nation's Arts Foundation (VONA) and The Hurston/Wright Foundation. She is a member of the International Reading Association, Gifted in Michigan; Michigan Association for Gifted Children; National Association of Teachers of English, The
University of Michigan Alumni Association, University of Detroit Mercy Alumni Association, Urban Theater Magazine, Concept East, National Conference of Artists, The Southern Poverty Law Center, Motown Writers' Network, Broadside Poets' Theatre, and Concept East.

The Magic Pencil is Karen's first novel for young adults. Although the book is geared toward the "tween" crowd, it is enjoyed by people of all ages.
Through the story, Karen has inspired, uplifted, and captivated reluctant and uninspired readers. Her intentions have always been to stem the tide of youth falling through the cracks in life. The Magic Pencil imparts means and methods to increase their skills for successful navigation and mastery through self-determination and reliance. These qualities are fostered within the story by its empowering effect on the reader/listener.

Karen feels she was born with a pencil in her hand. She wrote and illustrated her first "real" book, Unhappiness Is, at 14 years of age. The book sheds a comedic light on everyday situations and challenges and is appreciated by all who have read or listened to it. She has recently released an updated version where the reader will be able to do the illustrations!
Karen is the owner of Dabs & Company; an organization dedicated to promoting literacy and keeping minds 'lit'.