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 Old Possum s Book Of Practical Cats written by T. S. Eliot and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the iconic musical Cats, T. S. Eliot's classic and delightful collection of poetry about cats. These lovable cat poems were written by T. S. Eliot for his godchildren and continue to delight children and adults alike. This collection is a curious and artful homage to felines young and old, merry and fierce, small and unmistakably round. This is the ultimate gift for cat and poetry lovers.

Download or read book Original Fire written by Louise Erdrich and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate book of poetry from New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich. In this important collection, award-winning author Louise Erdrich has selected poems from her two previous books of poetry, Jacklight and Baptism of Desire, and has added nineteen new poems to compose Original Fire. “These molten poems radiate with the ferocity of desire, and in them Erdrich does not spin verse so much as tell tales—of betrayal and revenge, of hunting and being hunted.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

Download or read book Old Elm Speaks written by Kristine O'Connell George and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short, simple poems which present images relating to trees in various circumstances and throughout the seasons.

Download or read book The Original Poems of Edward Edwin Foot written by Edward Edwin Foot and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Old and New Poems written by Donald Hall and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers poems from each period of Hall's career, including "The One Day," the long poem that won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Download or read book Original Poems written by Thomas Green Fessenden and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Original Poems written by John Dryden and published by . This book was released on 1773 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adolescentia the original poems of an enthusiast written by Francis Augustus Cox (the younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The fourth sixth work of original poems designated The privilege of man written by John Wright and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Correspondence between a mother and her daughter at school Original poems for infant minds Display a tale written by Jane Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book No More Homework No More Tests written by and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sillier than a teacher with hiccups! Funnier than toilet the bottom of the principal's shoe! Here are the funniest poems about school ever collected in one book, selected by Bruce Lansky, the “King of Giggle Poetry,” with the help of thousands of elementary-school children. Read about why there are no more flies in the school kitchen, what can be found in a student’s desk, how to eat a bag lunch, creatures in the classroom, and many more hilarious topics.

Download or read book The Earliest English Poems written by Michael Alexander and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collected Poems 1934 1952 written by DYLAN. THOMAS and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2024-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an Introduction and Notes by Sally Minogue This edition is based on the collection of poems assembled by Thomas himself and published in November 1952, just a year before his death in New York.

Download or read book Kids Pick The Funniest Poems written by and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Betcha laugh! This is one of the most popular collections of funny poetry for kids ever published. It’s a classic because it’s the first collection of poems selected by kids! It includes clever creations from some of the most popular names in children’s poetry, including Bill Dodds, Timothy Tocher, Joyce Armor, Robert Pottle, Bruce Lansky, and Kenn Nesbitt. Humorous illustrations by Stephen Carpenter make this book even better.

Download or read book Days Like This written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is about seizing the day in all its many moods and moments. The poems themselves are all short - some no more than four lines. They depict the many and varied experiences of childhood.

Download or read book Poems and Prose from the Old English written by Charles Osborne and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this restructured and greatly expanded version of Burton Raffel's out-of-print classic, Poems from the Old English, Raffel and co-editor Alexandra H. Olsen place the oldest English writings in a different perspective. Keeping the classroom teacher's needs foremost in mind, Raffel and Olsen organize the major old English poems (except Beowulf) and new prose selections so as to facilitate both reading and studying. A general introduction provides an up-to-date and detailed historical account of the Anglo-Saxon period, and concise introductions open the literature sections of the book and many of the translations.