Favorite Poems Old and New

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Random House Children's Books, 1957 - 598 من الصفحات
"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

المحتوى

MY FAMILY AND I
24
What Do They
30
To My Son Aged Three
36
The Cupboard
42
Ive Got a New Book from
45
Time You Old Gypsy
61
Stopping by Woods on
67
ITS FUN TO PLAY
93
Poem William Carlos Williams
159
Robert Frost
161
Trees Joyce Kilmer
207
William Shakespeare
211
The Willows Walter Prichard Eaton
213
Barbara A Huff
250
Joy of the Morning Edwin Markham
279
Christopher Morley
395

Frolic
99
Kate Greenaway
101
A Swing Song
110
Skating
116
LITTLE THINGS THAT CREEP AND CRAWL AND SWIM
119
Carl Sandburg
129
Puppy and I A A Milne
153
STORY TIME IS A SPECIAL TIME
497
FROM THE FAMILY SCRAPBOOK
523
Dorothy W Baruch
574
36
583
White Fields
584
Elizabeth Madox Roberts
596
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نبذة عن المؤلف (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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