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The Touchstone Center Journal

The Touchstone Center Journal

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The Touchstone Center Journal: Writings on the Imagination
Touchstone Center Publications,1997

Made up of a group provocative and inspiring essays on the imagination by speakers who participated in a series of programs, produced by the Touchstone Center, at the American Museum of Natural History and the Abrons Arts Center of the Henry Settlement. Included are essays […]

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The Touchstone Center Study

The Touchstone Center Study

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The Touchstone Study: Bringing the Arts to the Schools
By Lillian Goldberg
Touchstone Center Publications,1984

An important study examining the innovative interdiscplinary thematic process of the The Touchstone Center during a five year residency at an elementary school in New York City. Stimulating reading for anyone involved in the role the arts can play in education, and […]

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Fire, Fire, Burning Bright

Fire, Fire, Burning Bright

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Fire, Fire, Burning Bright: Six Programs for Young People on the Nature and Origins of Poetry
Written and Narrated by Richard Lewis.
Produced by Charles Potter.
Touchstone Center Publications,1985

Six fifteen minute audiotapes for young people based the themes of the sky, the sea, time, dreams, death, and love. Each tape explores how these themes have been expressed […]

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The Image of Nature

The Image of Nature

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The Image of Nature
By Richard Lewis
Touchstone Center Publications, 1981

This monograph is a distillation of ideas central to a workshop given for teachers on ways to help children perceive the natural environment by using Chinese and Japanese poetry.

14 pages • paperbound

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Versions of the Traditional

Versions of the Traditional

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Versions of the Traditional: A Journal of Translations From Indigenous Cultures
Touchstone Center Publications, 1989

A collection of translations by outstanding poets, anthropologists, and story-tellers, who participated in the Center’s long-term series at the American Museum of Natural History, rendering the mythic and poetic material of indigenous cultures throughout the world. Included are translations from, amongst […]

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In a Spring Garden

In a Spring Garden

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In a Spring Garden
Edited by Richard Lewis
Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
Dial Press,1976

Using Japanese haiku poems, this book chronicles a day in spring from an early morning question put to a snail to the glowing good night of a firefly. With delicate and striking full color illustrations by the noted children’s book illustrator and Caldecott […]

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All of You was Singing

All of You was Singing

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All of You was Singing
By Richard Lewis
Illustrated by Ed Young
Atheneum, 1991

A rendering of an ancient Aztec myth about how music came to the earth. With Caldecott winner Ed Young’s stunning artwork based on Mexican designs and motifs, this book offers the reader a story full of light and magic, and the breath of being […]

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In the Night, Still Dark

In the Night, Still Dark

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In The Night Still Dark
By Richard Lewis
Illustrated by Ed Young
Atheneum, 1988

A lyrical adaptation from the traditional Hawaiian creation chant, the Kumulipo, recited over a newborn child in the belief that its recitation helps bond that new life to all other living things. With brilliant illustrations by Caldecott winner Ed Young, this book is a […]

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Still Waters of the Air

Still Waters of the Air

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Still Waters of the Air: Poems by Three Modern Spanish Poets
Edited by Richard Lewis
Drawings by Arvis Stewart
Dial Press, 1970

Selected poems by three of Spain’s finest modern poets – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Frederico García Lorca and Antonio Machado exploring the magic of nature’s seasons and those of humankind: from birth, through childhood, to maturity, old […]

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Of This World

Of This World

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Of This World: A Poet’s Life in Poetry
Edited by Richard Lewis
Photographs by Helen Buttfield
Dial Press,1968

A collection of the poetry of the 18th century Japanese haiku poet, Issa, arranged as a poetic retelling of his life. The beauty of the natural world is captured in luminous photographs that accompany and enhance Issa’s enchanting and moving […]