Download or read book Great Poems for Grand Children written by Celestine Frost and published by Sterling. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems for children.
Download or read book Club written by Coleman Barks and published by Maypop Books. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was ever a grandfather so enchanted by his granddaughter? Poet and Rumi translator Barks writes with aching tenderness and wonder of her precocious observations and behaviour. Besides contributing inspiration, Briny painted the flowers on the cover and 17 'combination animals' inside.
Download or read book Grandparent Poems written by and published by Wordsong. This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems in celebration of grandparents.
Download or read book Lullaby and Kisses Sweet written by Lee Bennett Hopkins and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved children’s poet and anthologizer Lee Bennett Hopkins has produced more than 100 volumes of poetry throughout his illustrious career, but Lullaby and Kisses Sweet is his first collection geared toward babies and toddlers. Featuring 30 original poems by esteemed children’s writers like Jane Yolen, Marilyn Singer, and J. Patrick Lewis, the book introduces the youngest readers to loving rhymes in a playful, accessible way. This beautifully designed casebound board book is organized into five themes—Family, Food, “Firsts,” Playtime, and Bedtime—while cuddly, anthropomorphized animals make the poems friendly and relatable. Lullaby and Kisses Sweet fosters the love of poetry and is the perfect gift for babies, toddlers, and their poetry-loving parents.
Download or read book Favorite Poems Old and New written by and published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1957-09-01 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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
Download or read book Grandma s Roller Skates and Other Silly Poems written by David a Ballard and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David A. Ballard draws inspiration from his own experiences and that of his children and grandchildren, his nieces and nephews, in his first collection of lyrical poems for children of all ages. There are belly laughs including a roller skating grandma, and a mischievous elephant, and a boy with a musical talent for playing his bum, and a mouse that flies to the moon, and a bookworm called Bertie - and don't forget Giggling Gertie! Enjoy reflective poems about the simple things in life, from having fun at the beach and the treasures you can discover in the attic, to the joy of yo-yos, kites and beautiful sunsets. We hope you enjoy this collection of personal poems to make you smile and think from a talented new poet and song writer. An 86 page paperback, including colour illustrations
Download or read book Always a Reckoning and Other Poems written by Jimmy Carter and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 1995 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poetry by the former president shares Carter's private meditations and memories about his youth, family, friends, and politics. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo. Tour.
Download or read book To My Husband and Other Poems written by Anne Bradstreet and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From America s first poet, a splendid selection of poems whose themes encompass love, home life, religious meditations, dialogues and lamentations, and formal elegies. "
Download or read book Poetry for Little Ones written by Delia Berrigan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A little book of rhymes and lullabies"--Cover.
Download or read book Brothers Sisters written by Eloise Greenfield and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-12-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brothers and sisters can be dear, can be company, can bring cheer, can start arguments, can make noise, can cause tears, can break toys . . . Brothers and brothers. Sisters and sisters. Brothers and sisters. Full, half, step, old and young, close in age and far apart. The bond between all siblings is powerful and special. Celebrate the love of brothers and sisters everywhere with award-winning author Eloise Greenfield in this poignant collection of poems for and about families, illustrated by renowned artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist in pen and ink and vibrant watercolor.
Download or read book Child of My Child written by Sandi Gelles-Cole and published by . This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 60 highly accomplished literary writers and poets explore the timeless realities and contemporary challenges of becoming -- and being-- a grandparent in the 21st century. Finalist, 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Anthology). "Best Grandparenting Book" 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards. Read what others are saying. . . "The generation that didn't trust anyone over 30 has gone grandparental, and this wide-ranging anthology explores new paradigms and timeless bonds. Shunning traditional 'greeting card verse, ' the editors offer emotional, wise, and surprising works by more than 60 seasoned writers." --Chronogram Magazine "To read Child of My Child is to come to a deeper realization of the meaning of being a grandparent, and a parent, and a child. Maybe at some level that's what all literature is about." -Susan Adcox, About.Com
Download or read book Interchange and Other Poems written by David J. Murray and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, poet David J. Murray formed an unusual connection with a friend, a widow as he is a widower. They began a collaboration in verse, creating collections of poetry together that form a unique and intriguing conversation. Interchange and Other Poems, Murray’s 13th poetry collection and the 3rd in this series, weaves together many different components of life using the thread of interchanging communication to enrich and maintain a mutually acceptable relationship. Language and content combine beautifully as Murray blends concrete detail with abstraction. His mellifluous marriage of the tangible and the universal shows that stable relationships beneath the human experience when well maintained. These verses moves smoothly from one aspect of life to another, from one poem to the next, carried along by the constant undercurrent of the relationship’s recurring repair and renewal.
Download or read book A Family of Poems written by Caroline Kennedy and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline Kennedy has chosen a rich variety of Kennedy family favorite poems to include in this priceless collection. With thoughtful personal introductions written by Caroline herself, and beautiful new original artwork by award-winning artist, Jon J Muth, this collection is sure to become a family favorite for years to come.
Download or read book For the Love of Grandma written by Anne Coltman and published by Vantage Press, Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theme of Anne Coltman's debut volume of poetry is grandmothers and grandchildren. Now a grandmother herself, Coltman reflects upon the special bond she shared with her grandmother, the relationship her children had with her own mother, and the role she plays as a grandmother today. The result is a collection of verse examining her often humorous experiences as a family matriarch as well as an exploration of the unique role grandmothers have in modern family life. This collection is sure to be a treat for readers young and old.
Download or read book NEWBORN and other poems written by Hazel Cope and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-04-08 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So here’s a simple wakeful dream: That words will come into my head Pass through my fingers Dance on the page Have grace and rhythm Make sense and reason And when someone reads them, make her think, “Ah yes, that’s how it is.” These lines, from “Dream a Poem,” sum up Hazel Cope’s approach to expressing life in verse. By turns joyfully playful and quietly meditative, her book, NEWBORN and Other Poems, reflects the endless variety, complexity, challenges, and glory of an eventful life lived long in the company of a wonderful family and friends. There is something for every poetry afficionado in this collection, which plays with many different forms and styles. Themes range from life and death to the world around us and the art of writing poetry itself. Whimsical drawings and beautiful photographs taken by Cope’s husband, Alan, add vibrance to the pages. Representing the culmination of twenty years’ writing, Newborn is eclectic in its format and themes, but Cope weaves it all into cohesion with her distinctive narrative voice. Her insights, both sombre and sweet, will leave a lasting impression, and her wry observations will resonate with every reader.
Download or read book A Small Child s Book of Cozy Poems written by Cyndy Szekeres and published by Cartwheel Books. This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short poems by such writers as Margaret Wise Brown, Langston Hughes, Jane Yolen, and Marchette Chute, all illustrated with rabbits, mice, cats, bears, and other animals.
Download or read book Winter Bees Other Poems of the Cold written by Joyce Sidman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold summons forth the charms and dictates of winter. Just as Joyce Sidman captured the drama of the pond in Song of the Water Boatman and the night woods in Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, here she captures the drama of the cold. Why don't snakes freeze to death? How does the tiny honeybee survive frost? Learn about the secret lives of animals happening under the snow and how it buds to spring!
