The Children's Classic Poetry Collection - Hardcover

Nicola Baxter

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9781900465014: The Children's Classic Poetry Collection

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1900465019 ISBN 13: 9781900465014

Publisher: Armadillo Books, 1996

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Introduce children to a lifetime of pleasure in poetry with this intricately illustrated anthology. The carefully selected poems open up an enchanting world of rhythm and language, feeling and fantasy. With imaginative pictures throughout, this volume will delight young and old alike for many years.

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the poetry shelf Two new poetry anthologies present poetry as a key to unlocking the imagination. Charles Sullivan collects over 80 poems for Imaginary Animals: Poetry and Art for Young People. A companion to Imaginary Architecture, the entertaining volume encompasses poems on such subjects as the Loch Ness monster and talking to cats; featured poets include William Blake, Galway Kinnell, Sylvia Plath and Ogden Nash. The illustrations are unusually varied, ranging from paintings by Berthe Morisot and Winslow Homer to photographs of a Trojan Horse vase from ancient Greece, Henry Moore's sculpture Sheep Piece, Salvador Dali's Lobster Telephone, the gargoyles of Notre Dame and Bigfoot. Half of the 80 illustrations are in color. A more conventional compilation, The Children's Classic Poetry Collection by Nicola Baxter, illus. by Cathie Shuttleworth, puts nursery rhymes side by side with well-known poems by Tennyson and Byron, among others. The selections, divided into such categories as "Dreams and Wonders" and "Bright and Beautiful," represent a wide range of reading levels. The 50 color illustrations veer toward the precious; e.g., freckled girls with big bonnets, striped stockings and puffy skirts.
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