A CHILD'S INTRODUCTION TO POETRY: Listen While You Learn About the Magic Words That Have Moved Mountains, Won Battles, and Made Us Laugh and Cry.
Language: English
Published by New York, 2003
- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams)
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Later printing. Explores types of poetry from nursery rhymes through nonsense verse, haiku, ballads and lyrics and poets from Homer, Blake and Milton through Walt Whitman, Octavio Paz and Maya Angelou and more. Illustrated by Meredith Hamilton. Complete with cd in pocket inside front board. Glossary, bibliography, large square format. 96 pp. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (inconspicuous slit to back cover of dj).
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- Title
- A CHILD'S INTRODUCTION TO POETRY: Listen While You Learn About the Magic Words That Have Moved Mountains, Won Battles, and Made Us Laugh and Cry.
- Author
- Driscoll, Michael.
- Publisher
- New York
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- NEAR FINE
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1579122825
- ISBN 13
- 9781579122829
- Seller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated
Poetry can be fun-especially when we can read it, hear it, and discover its many delights with the help of cartoon character Professor Driscoll, delightful illustrations, and the poetry read aloud on CD.
This wide-ranging journey through the history and highlights of the world's poetry covers everything from epics and odes to nonsense verse and haikus, and is filled with examples of every style.
The multimedia package encourages children to listen, read, and learn-and opens the door to a lifetime of appreciation of a rich literary tradition.
It painlessly introduces kids (and parents, too) to the greatest poets in history, from Homer and Shakespeare to Robert Frost and Ogden Nash-and provides excellent examples of their work and commentary on what makes it so special. In short, this is a galloping tour through poetic history loaded with all of our most significant and beloved poems. In addition to charming illustrations on every lively page, A CHILD'S INTRODUCTION TO POETRY contains a full-length CD with wonderful renditions of the poems read by professional actors.
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About the Author
Meredith Hamilton graduated from Brown University and has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Formerly an art director at Newsweek and Time, she illustrated the previous six books in the Child's Introduction series, among other books, and her work can be found in magazines and animations as well. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and three children.
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