Jigsaw by Mrs. Beliles

Group 9- Stanza 9

akbeliles — 2024-08-14 12:14:43 UTC

There is not mention of books or the act of reading because there is no stanza 9.

Group 6- Stanza 6

2024-08-14 12:25:36 UTC

The troubled little girl felt safe and warm whenever she read books and she also thinks of her grandmother when she reads her books.

Group 2 - Stanza- 2

2024-08-14 12:28:56 UTC

We could say she now prefers the hard cover books more then the paper back because of the odor.

Group 5- Stanza 5

2024-08-14 12:29:04 UTC

The speaker holds the books "close to her heart" because she thinks they are special, and they put her in a good mood, and allow her to "dream of a world/far away."

Group 4- Stanza 4

2024-08-14 12:31:37 UTC

In stanza 4, the only books they talk about is Leaves of Grass and Alfred North Whitehead. The librarian takes the extra mile and goes to get a variety of books.

Group 1-Stanza 1

2024-08-14 12:31:39 UTC

In this stanza there were no reading with the girl but instead there was more of an intro for the setting, the "vibe," and some characters were introduced.

group 8- stanza 7

2024-08-14 12:32:27 UTC

it is about reading because it is talking about stepping into the world of reading with the influence of Mrs. Long.

Group 3- stanza 3

2024-08-14 12:33:44 UTC

The speaker goes to the Carnegie library where Mrs. Long makes it a nice place by being kind.

Group 6- Stanza 6

2024-08-14 16:56:02 UTC

Books made the little girl think of her Grandmother.

Group 5 - Stanza 5

2024-08-14 16:57:12 UTC

the speaker's relationship to reading is love and compassion because stanza 5 says, "Close to my heart."

Group 3- Stanza 3

2024-08-14 16:57:18 UTC

The speaker feels welcomed near the library where Mrs. Long helps her to retrieve books.

Group 7- Stanza 7

2024-08-14 16:57:36 UTC

In stanza 7, the little girl dreams about reading books, so we can assume that she enjoys reading, and thinks it is magical.

Group 4- Stanza 4- Beliles Homeroom

2024-08-14 16:59:08 UTC

The girl visits the library frequently to ask Mrs. Long for books.

Group 2- Stanza 2 -Beliles' Homeroom

2024-08-14 16:59:12 UTC

The troubled little girl loves everything about books from their smell, to their hardcover backs.

Group 1 Stanza 1, Beliles' Homeroom

2024-08-14 17:02:10 UTC

This stanza sets the setting of when and where this poem takes place which shows the speaker's love for jazz music, and eventually reveals how books were limited to people like Nikki back then.

Group 8 Stanza 2 Beliles Homeroom

40015386 — 2024-08-14 17:02:36 UTC

Stanza 2 talks about a little girl who goes to a bookstore to read books. The stanza says that the girl inhales the wonderful odor of books.