Always Wondering: Some Favorite Poems of Aileen Fisher

Fisher, Aileen Lucia

ISBN 10: 0060228512 / ISBN 13: 9780060228514

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1991

About this Item

First edition, hardcover, A Charlotte Zolotow Book, inscribed by Fisher on first free endpage, has slight skew to binding, touch of bowing to book, and slight bumps to spine ends and board corners, otherwise a solid, tight VG copy in VG+ dust jacket which is price clipped, has very slight bumps to spine ends and corners, touch of edgewear, some faint rubbing with a couple small smudges, and faint sunning to spine.

Seller Inventory # 96942

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Always Wondering: Some Favorite Poems of Aileen Fisher
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060228512
• ISBN 13: 9780060228514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Sandin, Joan
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

The author selects some of the most requested poems from her own work, grouped under such headings as "Think About People," "Suddenly," and "Whoever Planned the World."

Reviews

PreSchool-Grade 3-- This collection of 80 of Fisher's poems captures the fascination and excitement of growth, the seasons, and the ways of small living things as experienced by young children. Always Wondering is an apt title as many of the poems are speculative: How is growing done? How does the chick know how to get out of the egg? The verse is simple, the thoughts brief. Each poem holds the kernel of an idea about nature. The selections are perfect for posting in classrooms and libraries; for sharing aloud while watching mice, rabbits, and insects; and for reading to open up doors into the world. Many of the entries appeared in Fisher's Feathered Ones and Furry (Crowell, 1971; o.p.), I Wonder How, I Wonder Why (Abelard-Schuman, 1962; o.p.), and In the Woods, in the Meadow, in the Sky (Scribners, 1965; o.p.), but this book will introduce a new generation of children to her poetry. Sandin's lovely pencil sketches open each of the volume's four sections. Like Shirley Hughes's Out and About (Lothrop, 1988), this collection has a child's eye as its focus. A fine addition to the poetry shelves. --Barbara Chatton, College of Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie
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