BEHIND THE KING'S KITCHEN; A Roster of Rhyming Riddles, compiled by . and Carol Ra. Woodcuts by Jacques Hnizdovsky
Language: English
Published by Wordsong, [Honesdale, PA, 1992
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4to, A fine copy in dj. William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louisiana. He was brought up at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, south of St. Louis. Smith received his A.B. and M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, and continued his studies at Columbia University, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Smith is the author of ten collections of poetry of which two were finalists for the National Book Award. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.
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- Title
- BEHIND THE KING'S KITCHEN; A Roster of Rhyming Riddles, compiled by . and Carol Ra. Woodcuts by Jacques Hnizdovsky
- Author
- SMITH, William Jay
- Publisher
- Wordsong, [Honesdale, PA
- Publication year
- 1992
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1563970244
- ISBN 13
- 9781563970245
- Illustrator
- Jacques Hnizdovsky
- Edition
- First Edition.
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Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
An attractive presentation of traditional and other riddles, chosen as much for their poetic quality as for their humor or the challenge of the puzzles; the thematic grouping would tend to suggest solutions even if the answers weren't given. What isn't provided is accessible sourcing; though a list of works like the Opies' volumes is appended, readers must guess, for example, what era described a watch as ``Beloved by men of degree.'' Only entries from known authors are specifically attributed; these include elegant literary translations from Symphosius (fourth century) by Richard Wilbur, nice oddments from Tolkien, Swenson, and Rossetti, and several--mostly doggerel--from the editors. Hnizdovsky's lovely, spare woodcuts, on most spreads, contribute to the handsome format but have little child appeal. Overall: pleasing but not essential. (Nonfiction. 8-12) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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