Books : Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD)

by: Elise Paschen, Dominique Raccah, Nikki Giovanni, X.J. Kennedy, Billy Collins, Wendy Rasmussen, Judy Love, Paula Zinngrabe Wendland  Average Rating:

Rating: - magnificent book
What a wonderful tour of life. Our group of 20 people in their seventies and eighties, sharp and sensitive people with a lifetime of living, has been astounded by the breadth of the book. It stretches the imagination, it plays, it has fun, it understands. What a wonderful introduction to some of the great poets in American history. That in itself is enough. But then we have the bonus of hearing work read by the poets themselves. This has to be the biggest bargain in the book world. The illustrations ... Read More

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Rating: - MORE than 5 stars....easily!
My kids, ages 5 and 19months LOVE this CD. They laugh together at the sillier poems and the inflection of the readers' voices and my daughter is always asking me to put this on. For myself, the gift is listening to the poets read their work, or have others read for them. Case in point: Basil Rathbone reading Poe. To hear the likes of Robert Frost read their work is magic in itself. This is perfect for children *and* adults, and is brilliant for those quiet evenings at home when you'd rather not have ... Read More

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Rating: - Great Children's Poetry Book!
I always loved poetry as a young child and I am trying to introduce my children to poetry as well (ages 11, 6 and 3). When I received this book and first looked through it I was very excited. It contains many of the poems that I loved as a child including "The Tyger" by William Blake, "The Land of Counterpane" by Robert Louis Stevenson, and "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost. This book does not just contain poems by "dead" poets but more contemporary ones as well. There are over ... Read More