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Publication
New York : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1999.
Description
An anthology of poems grouped in sixteen parts, each devoted to a particular subject such as animals, seasons, holidays, and people.
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LibraryThing member engpunk77
Some of these poems are silly & juvenile and perhaps appropriate for grades 2 & 3, and some are "just right" for grades 4-7. Topics vary, and none of these poems are complex in theme or complicated in style. A few are great for introducing poetry analysis to grade 7 (especially the poem
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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Still trying to find poems by Larrick, not just anthologies she edited.
This is a particular disappointment, because despite the fact that she says, in the intro, that, ... poems about bringing in the cows or hiding in a butterbean tent evoke only a slight response in either city children or their
I do like Eve Merriam. ?áLeavetaking includes the verse: "For I'm packing only/ Necessities:/ A month of sunsets/ And two apple trees."
And the untitled Haiku (?) by Soseki should be in lots of anthologies: ?á"Over the wintry/ forest, winds howl in a rage/ with no leaves to blow."
The art by Ellen Raskin is wonderful, though. ?áI'm thinking of photocopying some just so I can color them for fun.
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This is a particular disappointment, because despite the fact that she says, in the intro, that, ... poems about bringing in the cows or hiding in a butterbean tent evoke only a slight response in either city children or their
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country cousins," these poems are mostly pastoral, and mostly almost twee. ?� Maybe in 1968 they seemed more modern to some?I do like Eve Merriam. ?áLeavetaking includes the verse: "For I'm packing only/ Necessities:/ A month of sunsets/ And two apple trees."
And the untitled Haiku (?) by Soseki should be in lots of anthologies: ?á"Over the wintry/ forest, winds howl in a rage/ with no leaves to blow."
The art by Ellen Raskin is wonderful, though. ?áI'm thinking of photocopying some just so I can color them for fun.
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Physical description
xxiii, 247 p.; 20 cm
ISBN
0440415829 / 9780440415824
DDC/MDS
| Poetry Larrick |