An illustrated treasury of read-aloud poems for young people : more than 100 of the world's best-loved poems for parent and child to share.

Read-aloud poems (parallel title)

Summary:

A collections of poetry in such categories as "Meet the Family," "Nature's people," " Just me," and "Laughing lyrics." Children of all ages can enjoy the wonder and excitement of poetry. From nursery rhymes to lullabies to nonsense songs, children develop a love of verse and an appreciation for its rhythm and cadence at a very young age. An Illustrated Treasury of Read-Aloud Poems for Young People will continue to enrich a child's world and introduce her or him to some of the most beloved poems of all time. Each poem has been selected with care to appeal to the sensibility of a child and to reflect the widest and most diverse range possible of style and subject matter. Here you will find classic poems from some of our most esteemed poets such as "The Tiger," by William Blake, "The Daffodils" by William Wordsworth, "Who Has Seen the Wind?" by Christian Rossetti, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, and "The Bee" by Emily Dickinson. Also included are poems from renowned modern poets such as Maya Angelou, several selections from Robert Louis Stevenson and Hilaire Belloc (whose contributions to poetry especially for children is immense), as well as several poems that tell stories such as "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning. Full-color and black and white illustrations adorn nearly every page adding a delightful touch to the already magical words. Arranged in chapters by subject including "Nature's People," "Meet the Family," "Just Me," "Friendship and Love," "Poetry of the Earth -- And Sky," and more, these poems are perfect for reading aloud to a child at bedtime, to a group of listeners, or when special words are needed to capture a special moment. This memorable collection offers inspiring, imaginative, funny, sad, and thoughtful verse for childhood and beyond.

Record details

ISBN: 1579122892
Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Publisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers : [2003]
Copyright: ©2003

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Nature's People -- Choosing Their Names / Thomas Hood 12 -- Kitten at Play / William Wordsworth 13 -- Lion / Mary Howett 14 -- Lone Dog / Irene Rutherford McLeod 14 -- Cow / Robert Louis Stevenson 15 -- Fly / William Blake 16 -- Caterpillar / Christina Rossetti 17 -- Fireflies / Carolyn Hall 17 -- Tiger / William Blake 18 -- Sandpiper / Celia Thaxter 19 -- Camel's Complaint / Charles E. Carryl 20 -- Frog / Hilaire Belloc 21 -- Blind Man and the Elephant / John Godfrey Saxe 22 -- That Cat / Ben King 25 -- Butterfly's Day / Emily Dickinson 26 -- Eagle / Alfred Lord Tennyson 27 -- Hen / Lord Alfred Douglas 27 -- Robin / Emily Dickinson 28 -- Codfish / Author Unknown 28 -- Shark / Lord Alfred Douglas 29 -- On the Grasshopper and the Cricket / John Keats 30 -- Crocodile / Lewis Carroll 30 -- To a Butterfly / William Wordsworth 31 -- Bee / Emily Dickinson 32 -- Two Birds and Their Nest / Walt Whitman 34 -- Lion / Hilaire Belloc 34 -- Snake / Emily Dickinson 35 -- Chameleon / A.P. Herbert 36 -- Snail / Charles Lamb 37 -- Meet the Family -- Reading Mother / Strickland W. Gillilan 41 -- When Mother Reads Aloud / Author Unknown 42 -- Children's Hour / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 43 -- Mother's Jewels / Eugene Field 44 -- Brother and Sister / George Eliot 45 -- A Boy and His Dad / Edgar A. Guest 48 -- Choosing a Name / Mary Lamb 49 -- My Little Girl / Samuel Minturn Peck 50 -- "One, Two, Three" / Henry Cuyler Bunner 51 -- Our Son / Edgar A. Guest 52 -- New England Boy's Song / Lydia Maria Child 54 -- To a New Baby / Strickland W. Gillilan 57 -- Just Me -- My Shadow / Robert Louis Stevenson 61 -- Escape at Bedtime / Robert Louis Stevenson 61 -- Me / Walter de la Mare 62 -- Afternoon on a Hill / Edna St. Vincent Millay 63 -- Just Me / Margaret Hillert 63 -- Block City / Robert Louis Stevenson 64 -- Seven Times One / Jean Ingelow 66 -- In the Summer When I Go to Bed / Thomas Hood 67 -- Land of Counterpane / Robert Louis Stevenson 71 -- Life Doesn't Frighten Me / Maya Angelou 72 -- Friendship and Love -- Love and Friendship / Emily Bronte 76 -- A Boy's Song / James Hogg 77 -- Pasture / Robert Frost 78 -- Laughing Song / William Blake 78 -- Rondeau / Leigh Hunt 80 -- Laughing Lyrics -- Mock Turtle's Song / Lewis Carroll 82 -- A Tragic Story / William Makepeace Thackeray 83 -- Jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll 85 -- A Trip to Morrow / Author Unknown 86 -- Walrus and the Carpenter / Lewis Carroll 87 -- Elf and the Dormouse / Oliver Herford 91 -- Yak / Hilaire Belloc 92 -- Have You Ever Seen? / Author Unknown 92 -- Words / Nancy Byrd Turner 93 -- Owl and the Pussy-Cat / Edward Lear 94 -- Pobble Who Has No Toes / Edward Lear 96 -- Mr. Nobody / Author Unknown 98 -- Three Blind Mice / John W. Ivimey 99 -- Purple Cow / Gelett Burgess 102 -- Letters at School / Mary Mapes Dodge 103 -- Poetry of the Earth--and Sky -- Months / Christina Rossetti 106 -- Cloud / Percy Bysshe Shelley 107 -- Who Has Seen the Wind? / Christina Rossetti 107 -- Trees / Joyce Kilmer 109 -- Trees / Sara Coleridge 109 -- February Twilight / Sara Teasdale 110 -- Snowflake / Walter de la Mare 110 -- Wind / Robert Louis Stevenson 111 -- Blossoms / Frank Dempster Sherman 112 -- August / Celia Thaxter 112 -- Spring / William Blake 113 -- Rain / Ebenezeer Jones 115 -- Daffodils / William Wordsworth 116 -- Storm / Sara Coleridge 117 -- Fog / Carl Sandburg 117 -- September / Helen Hunt Jackson 118 -- November / Alice Cary 120 -- Star / Jane Taylor 121 -- I Heard a Bird Sing / Oliver Herford 122 -- Silver / Walter de La Mare 122 -- Moon's the North Wind's Cookie / Vachel Lindsay 124 -- Poems that Tell Stories -- Hiawatha's Childhood / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 126 -- Casey at the Bat / Ernest Lawrence Thayer 129 -- Paul Revere's Ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 132 -- Spider and the Fly / Mary Howitt 137 -- Matilda who Told Lies, and Was Burned to Death / Hilaire Belloc 139 -- Pied Piper of Hamelin / Robert Browning 141 -- A Visit from St. Nicholas / Clement Moore 154 -- Let's Pretend -- Fairies / Rose Fyleman 158 -- In Fairyland / Joyce Kilmer 159 -- Little Elf / John Kendrick Bangs 160 -- Plumpuppets / Christopher Morley 160 -- Dreams / Cecil Frances Alexander 161 -- Catching Fairies / William Cory 163 -- Butterfly's Ball / William Roscoe 164 -- Castle in the Fire / Mary Jane Carr 166 -- Unseen Playmate / Robert Louis Stevenson 167 -- Witches' Song / William Shakespeare 169 -- Sleepy Giant / Charles E. Carryl 170 -- Dorchester Giant / Oliver Wendell Holmes 171 -- Poems to Ponder -- All Things Bright and Beautiful / Cecil Frances Alexander 174 -- Bells / Edgar Allan Poe 175 -- Precious Stones / Christina Rossetti 178 -- If-- / Rudyard Kipling 179 -- Hope / Emily Dickinson 180 -- What is Pink? / Christina Rossetti 181 -- There is No Frigate Like a Book / Emily Dickinson 182 -- Abou Ben Adhem / Leigh Hunt 184 -- Road Not Taken / Robert Frost 185 -- Sea Fever / John Masefield 186 -- Music / Amy Lowell 187 -- Caged Bird / Maya Angelou 188.