Read-Aloud Poems for Young People: Readings from the Worlds Best Loved Verses Review

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(More customer reviews)My six-year-old son begs me to read from this collection every evening--and he asks for poems by name. He asked for Tiger, Tiger (William Blake), and we have also shared Walt Whitman, Maya Angelou, Shel Silverstein, Emily Dickinson, among others. The reason I bought this book is that it has an incredible selection (more than 400 poems) at a great price. (list @$13.). My son howls with laughter, and recites lines back to me. While his four-year old brother does not share this infatuation, I find this to be a marvelous collection for someone just learning to read and understand how words work.

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Favorite Poems Old and New: Selected For Boys and Girls Review

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(More customer reviews)This amazing poetry collection is so comprehensive and well organized that you may never need another anthology of children's poetry. I have many very good poetry books (101 Great American Poems, F E G stupid Poems for Intelligent Children, being a couple of other recommendations) but this one is without question the most complete, nostalgic, and well organized. I appreciate that they aren't put in alphabetical order, as many others are, since often you can remember the subject better than the title of the piece in question. As we homeschool, I can flip through this MASSIVE collection quickly and find the perfect poem to compliment our current study. Our home is filled with books and this one is out "on display" to encourage browsing by meanderers...with this book around there will never be a dull moment (okay, there aren't many here anyway). I agree with another post that it is DEFINITELY not just for children. If you're buying this for a gift for someone who doesn't live with you....you'd better get two!

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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.Helen Ferris edited 17 books for young readers and was editor-in-chief of the Junior Literary Guild from 1929–1959.Leonard Weisgard was one of the foremost illustrators in the children's book field, with more than 200 books to his name.

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Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales Review

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(More customer reviews)This book was on my entering kindergartener's Summer Reading List as were others of this talent artist-author's books.
This is a book I wish I had run across earlier. I have been trying to read all of the old fairytales to my children and have been having to do things piece meal. Here are many of them all in one place. (See the *search inside* Table of Contents.)
Besides the Contents listed on that page there is another page that is not shown. (Go figure.) A list follows of what is on that 2nd page:
The Owl and The Pussycat
Johnny and The Three Goats
The Straw Ox
The Fox and The Stork
Master Of All Masters
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey
The Fox and The Grapes
The Elves and The Shoemaker
Chicken Licken
The Tortoise and The Hare
The Cat and The Mouse
The Shepherd Who Cried "Wolf"
How Jack Went To Seek His Fortune
The House On The Hill
As you can see, not only are their many classic tales, but also some of Aesop's fables.
Four Stars. Great collection of stories with one or two poems. Artwork typical of Mr. DePaola.

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A sumptuously illustrated companion to Mother Goose containing more than 25 stories and poems. "A delightful oversize package that's a pleasure to dip into."--Booklist, starred review. Full-color illustrations.

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