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A child's introduction to poetry : listen while you learn about the magic words that have moved mountains, won battles, and made us laugh and cry / Michael Driscoll ; illustrated by Meredith Hamilton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2020Edition: Revised and updated editionDescription: 90 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780762469109
  • 0762469102
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introducing Professor Driscoll -- Part one. The rhymes and their reasons. Nursery rhymes ; Nonsense verse ; The villanelle ; The limerick ; The haiku ; Narrative verse ; Lyric verse ; The ballad ; The pastoral ; The sonnet ; Free verse ; Poems peculiar -- Part two. Poetry's greats: rulers of rhyme, legends of the lyric, and superstars of the spoken word. Homer (c. 700-800 BC) ; William Shakespeare (1564-1616) ; John Milton (1608-1674) ; William Blake (1757-1827) ; William Wordsworth (1770-1850) ; Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) ; Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) ; Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) ; Walt Whitman (1819-1892) ; Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) ; Robert Frost (1874-1963) ; Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) ; Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) ; Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) ; Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) ; W.H. Auden (1907-1973) ; Langston Hughes (1902-1967) ; Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919- ) ; Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) ; Octavio Paz (1914-1998) ; Maya Angelou (1928-2014).
Summary: Poetry can be fun -- especially when we can read it, hear it, and discover its many delights. A Child's Introduction to Poetry joyously introduces kids (and parents) to the greatest poets in history -- from Homer and Shakespeare to Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou -- and provides excellent examples of their work and commentary on what makes it so special and everlasting. The book covers every style of poem, from epics and odes, to nonsense verse and haikus, and is filled with examples of each one.
List(s) this item appears in: Poetry for Kids
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 821.008 D781 Available 33111010584080
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 821.008 D781 Available 33111010524540
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This delightful, interactive journey through the history of the world's poetry includes a removable poster and access to downloadable audio, allowing kids to listen and learn as they experience the magic of the spoken word.



Poetry is fun--especially when we can read it, hear it, and discover its many delights. A Child's Introduction to Poetry joyously introduces kids (and parents) to the greatest poets in history--from Homer and Shakespeare to Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou--and provides excellent examples of their work and commentary on what makes it so special and everlasting. The book covers every style of poem, from epics and odes, to nonsense verse and haikus, and is filled with examples of each one.



This multimedia package encourages children to listen, read, and learn, and opens the door to a lifetime of appreciation of a rich literary tradition. Also included is a removable, fold-out poster of "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, one of history's most iconic poems.

Previous edition: 2003.

Issued with a detachable poster of the Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll.

Includes link to downloadable audio tracks (page 7).

Includes bibliographical references.

Poetry can be fun -- especially when we can read it, hear it, and discover its many delights. A Child's Introduction to Poetry joyously introduces kids (and parents) to the greatest poets in history -- from Homer and Shakespeare to Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou -- and provides excellent examples of their work and commentary on what makes it so special and everlasting. The book covers every style of poem, from epics and odes, to nonsense verse and haikus, and is filled with examples of each one.

Introducing Professor Driscoll -- Part one. The rhymes and their reasons. Nursery rhymes ; Nonsense verse ; The villanelle ; The limerick ; The haiku ; Narrative verse ; Lyric verse ; The ballad ; The pastoral ; The sonnet ; Free verse ; Poems peculiar -- Part two. Poetry's greats: rulers of rhyme, legends of the lyric, and superstars of the spoken word. Homer (c. 700-800 BC) ; William Shakespeare (1564-1616) ; John Milton (1608-1674) ; William Blake (1757-1827) ; William Wordsworth (1770-1850) ; Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) ; Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) ; Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) ; Walt Whitman (1819-1892) ; Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) ; Robert Frost (1874-1963) ; Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) ; Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) ; Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) ; Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) ; W.H. Auden (1907-1973) ; Langston Hughes (1902-1967) ; Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919- ) ; Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) ; Octavio Paz (1914-1998) ; Maya Angelou (1928-2014).

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