Favorite Poems Old and New

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Random House Children's Books, 1957 - 598 pàgines
"Children are poets before they grow up and they should live with poems. I hope this book will encourage them to do so."—Eleanor Roosevelt

Beloved and treasured for over 60 years, here is the only poetry collection your family needs—brimming with favorite, classic poems carefully selected to inspire young readers. 


Over 700 classic and modern poems written by poets from William Shakespeare to J. R. R. Tolkien, Emily Dickinson to Langston Hughes, and covering a range of favorite topics—pets, playtime, family, nature, and nonsense—ensure that there’s a poem to please every child. A truly comprehensive collection that is the ideal way of introducing children to the joys of reading poetry.

"If your children think they don't like poetry, expose them to this collection . . . and I defy them to resist its magic."—Kirkus

"A fine book for parents to read aloud to their children."—Library Journal

"This volume stands out for the comprehensiveness of its selection."—The Horn Book

Continguts

Me Walter de la Mare 556678
5
The Secret Cavern Margaret Widdemer
11
The CaveBoy Laura E Richards
17
MY FAMILY AND I
22
Only One Mother
29
To My Son Aged Three
36
Walter de la Mare
42
Written in March
69
ITS FUN TO PLAY
93
Frolic
99
At the SeaSide
113
LITTLE THINGS THAT CREEP AND CRAWL AND SWIM
119
Eleanor Farjeon
130
ON THE WAY TO ANYWHERE
181
Barbara A Huff
250
Christopher Morley
395

David McCord
75
Autumn
81
Anonymous
88
Carl Sandburg
593
Emily Dickinson
599
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Sobre l'autor (1957)

Leonard Weisgard was born in New Haven, Connecticut on December 13, 1916. He attended Pratt Institute for two years and studied dance with Martha Graham before becoming a window dresser at Macy's. He began his career making illustrations for several magazines including Good Housekeeping, The New Yorker, and Harper's Bazaar. He eventually focused on illustrating children's books. His first book, Suki, the Siamese Pussy, was published in 1937. He and Margaret Wise Brown first collaborated on the Noisy Books series, which urged readers to imitate sounds like dogs, trucks, and jackhammers. In 1947, he won the Caldecott Medal for The Little Island written by Brown under the pseudonym Golden MacDonald. He also wrote books he illustrated himself. In the 1950's, he designed the stage sets and costumes for several productions of the San Francisco Ballet. He died on January 14, 2000 at the age of 83.

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