Winter Poems - Softcover

Rogasky, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 059042873X ISBN 13: 9780590428736

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

The illustrations of a Caldecott Medalist are combined with a seasonal selection of poems by twenty-five celebrated writers including William Shakespeare, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Robert Frost, Richard Wright, and Edgar Allen Poe. Reprint.

About this title

From Booklist:

Gr. 3-6, younger for reading aloud. Beautifully designed and illustrated in a picture book format, this short anthology of poetry celebrates winter itself, not the holidays that fall within the season. The selection is eclectic, ranging from ancient Japanese verse through Shakespeare to Wallace Stevens, Richard Wright, Ogden Nash, and David Kherdian. While much of the poetry was not originally written for children and some of it is excerpted from longer works, the clarity of concrete images and the sounds of the words make the verse accessible to young people, particularly when it is read aloud. The background of each double-page spread is the same country road, fields, and farm seen in a variety of weathers and times of day and night. A white box is centered on each page, and within these boxes appear the poems and illustrations related to individual poems. Hyman's evocative line-and-watercolor artwork depicts the quiet beauty of winter landscapes and interior scenes as well as the child's experience of winter. Carolyn Phelan

From Publishers Weekly:

This seasonal collection includes work by Rachel Field, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg and Emily Dickinson. "Like sun glinting on snow, this volume is dazzling," said PW in a starred review. Ages 7-11. (Nov.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 059042873X
• ISBN 13: 9780590428736
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Hyman Trina Schart