Favorite Poems Old and New

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Random House Children's Books, 1957 M09 1 - 640 páginas
"Children are poets before they grow up and they should live with poems. I hope this book will encourage them to do so."—Eleanor Roosevelt

Beloved and treasured for over 60 years, here is the only poetry collection your family needs—brimming with favorite, classic poems carefully selected to inspire young readers. 


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.

"If your children think they don't like poetry, expose them to this collection . . . and I defy them to resist its magic."—Kirkus

"A fine book for parents to read aloud to their children."—Library Journal

"This volume stands out for the comprehensiveness of its selection."—The Horn Book

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The Secret Cavern
11
The CaveBoy
17
Song for a Little House
29
Thomas Hood
36
Barbara A Huff
42
Ive Got a New Book from
45
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
51
Louis Untermeyer
57
David McCord
314
Robert Louis Stevenson
459
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
503
Alfred Tennyson
517
Margaret Widdemer
571
James Stephens
573
17
577
65
584

Ring Out Wild Bells
64
Margaret Widdemer
104
Elinor Wylie
145
Robert Frost
161
William Shakespeare
211
John Drinkwater
247

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Acerca del autor (1957)

Leonard Weisgard (1916-2000) was a beloved and award-winning illustrator of more than 200 children’s books, perhaps best known for his collaboration with the author Margaret Wise Brown. His books include The Little Island (for which he won the Caldecott Medal in 1947), The Golden Egg Book, and The Golden Bunny.

Helen Ferris (1890-1969) edited numerous books for young readers and was editor-in-chief of the Junior Literary Guild from 1929–1959.

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