A Spider Bought a Bicycle: and Other Poems For Young Children - Softcover

Rosen, Michael; Moore, Inga

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075345887X ISBN 13: 9780753458877

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2005

Synopsis

An anthology of poetry features the work of such classic poets as Tennyson, Shakespeare, and Coleridge, as well as traditional playground rhymes and folk songs from around the world, addressing many different themes and moods. Reissue.

About this title

About the Author:

MICHAEL ROSEN is a bestselling author of picture books and poetry, including Rover, Howler, and We’re Going on a Bearhunt. He is the winner of the Eleanor Farjeon Award for services to children’s literature. Michael lives in London.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-5?A joyous collection of over 90 poems in which Rosen's love of language, life, and nonsense comes through. The volume is impressively wide-ranging in scope, from nursery rhymes to songs ("My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean") to nature poems (Karla Kuskin's "When I Went Out"), and the selector does not underestimate the minds of the young; works by Shakespeare and Gunter Grass are included. Poems such as Issa's "One Bath," "Burp" (anon.), and Jay Reed's "When I Was Small" reflect children's experiences. A strength of the collection is the undercurrent of humor and unexpected happenings, as well as the selections' terseness and elements of repetition. Pencil sketches extend the poems, adding great appeal and charm to the book. While some of the selections may be too British for American children, there is a rich abundance of verse for a variety of ages.?Ronald Jobe, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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About this edition

• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 075345887X
• ISBN 13: 9780753458877
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120