The Golden Books Family Treasury of Poetry [Hardcover]

Louis Untermeyer (Author), Joan Walsh Anglund (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

A classic anthology of poetry - by one of America's renowned poets and anthologers - is back in print. Untermeyer's illuminating selections, ranging from Wordsworth to T. S. Eliot, and a new introduction by children's literature scholar Leonard S. Marcus, make this an invaluable guide to understanding the power and beauty of poetry. Includes ribbon marker.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books (July 22, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307168514
• ISBN-13: 978-0307168511
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #615,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Past is not prologue, alas., February 13, 1999

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This review is from: The Golden Books Family Treasury of Poetry (Hardcover)

I grew up with the original edition of this book, and so was deligted when I saw that it had been re-issued. However, I was dissapointed with the new version. As I see it, there are several problems. The first relates to Leonard Marcus' new introduction--which ironically seems perjorative in places towards Untermeyers' original efforts. Secondly, the editors have removed several poems in the interests of political correctness. Lastly, the slick paper coupled with the darker printing has compromised the Joan Augland art. I will give this to my daughter, and keep looking on ebay for the original.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read it with your kids!, September 9, 2002

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This review is from: The Golden Books Family Treasury of Poetry (Hardcover)

I was given this book at age 7 or 8: one of my first "big kid "books that wasn't a hand-me down from my sisters. No one had to make me read poetry,after that!I adore the illustrations; they just seem so perfect for each poem! There are dozens I can still recite from memory.
When my son was 4, I got the book out of storage and read him, "The Highwayman"- and he was hooked! We rode with Paul Revere and asked each other: "I'm nobody! Who are you?" When my daughter found an abandoned nest of baby birds and we knew they would die- we read "Four Little Foxes" and grieved together, and later laughed over "The Owl Critic." These poems and drawings are like old friends to us all.
After all these years, it's rather the Velveteen rabbit of the bookshelf: pages dog-eared and falling out from years of use. I am ordering a new copy for my daughter's 12th birthday (don't pay attention to the age range listed for the book) so she'll have a copy to pass on to her children. It's just a wonderful selection of all types of poems, sure to please the children AND the adults who read to them! Start tonight!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy one for all the nieces and nephews!, January 5, 2002

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G. R. Fry "(SF fan with no name)" (New Albany, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Golden Books Family Treasury of Poetry (Hardcover)

I am so happy that they have reissued this book! I have waited for years hoping that they would. I received this book as a child and read it so much that it fell apart. I am going to buy each of my own children one and one for my favorite nieces and nephews. Poems of naughty and nice children, tongue twisting limericks, poems for every month and season are all included. If you need a sample of any great American poet look no further than this book. I am someone who loves to read and when people ask me about my favorite book this book is the winner no matter how old I get.