A Child's Book of Poems by Gyo Fujikawa (Illustrator)

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This charming book of classic poems features heartwarming, child-friendly verse from some of the world's most renowned poets, from William Wordsworth's "The Kitten and the Falling Leaves" to Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat" to Christina Rossetti's "What Is Pink? A Rose Is Pink." Accompanied with Gyo Fujikawa's fluid, traditional illustrations, which remind us of the spirit and magic of childhood, this 118-page collection will calm and enchant readers young and old.

From the Publisher

William Blake, Kate Greenaway, Emily Dickinson: the writers in this charming anthology of 200 poems—first published in 1969—are among literature’s most beloved. And Gyo Fujikawa’s appealing illustrations depict children of all races sweetly interacting, as well as an engagingly rendered menagerie of animals and the natural world in all its wonderment. Among the verses that children will love are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Christmas Bells,” Lewis Carroll’s “The Melancholy Pig,” and Eugene Fields’ “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,” along with proverbs, limericks, nursery rhymes, and folk songs.

Children's Literature

Originally published in 1969 (Grosset & Dunlap), this charming collection of primarily English poems and verses is lovingly illustrated in the traditional manner by the Gyo Fujikawa in both color and black and white. The poems and verses are primarily by well known authors of the late 19th and early 20th century such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rosetti, Longfellow, and Kate Greenaway, as well as folk rhymes and songs. The collection ranges in length from a few lines to a whole page and is a perfect first book of poems for nightly reading to preschoolers on up. The poems cover all subject matter, from the seasons and the weather to animals and gentle lessons on morality. The right amount of illustrations will keep a youngster interested, and one finds that the illustrations become just as memorable as the poems over the years. Reviewer: Meredith Kiger, Ph.D.

Product Details

• ISBN: 1402750617
  
• ISBN-13: 9781402750618
• Format: Hardcover, 128pp
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
• Pub. Date: September 2007
• Sales Rank: 36,493
• Age Range: 3 to 7

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