ISBN 9780385076968
Favorite Poems Old and New
by Ferris, Helen Josephine
$10.00
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B — Good
$10.00 · In stock
Description
<b><i>"Children are poets before they grow up and they should live with poems. I hope this book will encourage them to do so."</i>—Eleanor Roosevelt<br><br>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. </b><br><br>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.<br><br>"If your children think they don't like poetry, expose them to this collection . . . and I defy them to resist its magic."—<i>Kirkus<br><br></i>"A fine book for parents to read aloud to their children."—<i>Library Journal<br><br></i>"This volume stands out for the comprehensiveness of its selection."—<i>The Horn Book<br></i>