Riley Child-Rhymes with Hoosier Pictures: Indiana Bicentennial Edition (Library of Indiana Classics) - Softcover

Riley, James Whitcomb

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253022797 ISBN 13: 9780253022790

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2016

Synopsis

A must-have for Riley enthusiasts everywhere, this classic book has been faithfully reproduced for Indiana’s state bicentennial. Now with an introduction by lifelong Riley enthusiast and former Indiana Poet Laureate Norbert Krapf, this charming book contains 39 of James Whitcomb Riley's signature poems, including "Old Aunt Mary's," "Little Orphant Annie," and "The Raggedy Man." Graced by noted Brown County artist Will Vawter's illustrations of such poems as "The Nine Goblins," "The Circus Day Parade," and "Barefoot, Hungry, Lean Ornery Boys," this book offers a look at how childhood was lived a century ago. First produced in 1890, Riley Child-Rhymes with Hoosier Pictures recalls simpler times gone by.

About this title

About the Author:

James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) was a best-selling American writer and poet. Known as "the Children’s Poet," he is author of several collections, including The Old Swimmin' Hole, Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury, and Home Folks.

Will Vawter (1871–1941) was an artist, illustrator, and frequent collaborator with James Whitcomb Riley.

Norbert Krapf, Indiana Poet Laureate (2008–2010), is Emeritus Professor of English at Long Island University. He is author of Catholic Boy Blues: A Poet's Journal of Healing, American Dreams: Reveries and Revisitations, and Songs in Sepia and Black and White (IUP, 2012).

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0253022797
• ISBN 13: 9780253022790
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• Illustrator: Vawter Will