Small Talk: A Book of Short Poems

Hopkins, Lee Bennett

ISBN 10: 0152765778 ISBN 13: 9780152765774

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1995

Synopsis

The well-known anthologist collects poems of few lines, by a stellar array of poets, that capture single moments, sensations, thoughts, and events in vivid focus.

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Review:

Bulletin by Archie Randolph Ammons
Release by Archie Randolph Ammons
Let's Count The Raindrops by Alan Benjamin
Rain by Emanuel Di Pasquale
Ballooning Spiders by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Fossil Finds by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Growing Up by Aileen Fisher
Winter Day by Aileen Fisher
Today by Lillian M. Fisher
A Poem So Spun by Victoria Forrester
The Span Of Life by Robert Frost
Wet Socks by James Hayford
S S S H by Betsy Gould Hearne
Rocks by Florence Parry Heide
Change by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Life by Lee Bennett Hopkins
A Snail's Needs Are Very Small by Patricia Hubbell
Hope by James Langston Hughes
The City by David Ignatow
Caterpillar by Tony Johnston
Summer Cooler by X. J. Kennedy
Fog by J. Patrick Lewis
Robin by J. Patrick Lewis
In The Sand by Myra Cohn Livingston
Silence by Eve Merriam
Foghorns by Lilian Moore
Little Jumping Joan by Mother Goose
Spring by Prince Redcloud
Sing-song; A Nursery Rhyme Book: 33 by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Splinter by Carl Sandburg
Evening by Sara Teasdale
Opposites: 12 by Richard Wilbur
Caterpillar's Lullaby by Jane Yolen
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-5?A collection of 33 short poems (between 2 and 12 lines) that speak of simple moments in life. Each verse is rich in feeling and emotion, providing a fertile field for the imagination. Distinguished authors include Jane Yolen, Christina Rossetti, Myra Cohn Livingston, Langston Hughes, Aileen Fisher, Sara Teasdale, Carl Sandburg, and Eve Merriam, among others. All the pieces can be found elsewhere (most sources are still in print), but collectively they acquire a new beauty. Read from start to finish, they will take readers through the seasons; from day to night; and on a journey through life itself, from birth (of a kitten), to growing up, to the aging process (of one's faithful dog). Gaber's watercolor and colored-pencil illustrations appear as little gems at the top of many of the poems and as double-page backgrounds for others. A stunning little book.?Dot Minzer, North Barrington School, Barrington, IL
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0152765778
• ISBN 13: 9780152765774
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Gaber Susan