A Child's Book of Poems (Hardcover)

by Gyo Fujikawa (Illustrator)

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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.

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Product Details Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: Sterling (September 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1402750617 ISBN-13: 978-1402750618 Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #176,092 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Best Children's Book Ever!, June 21, 2000 By  school mom (USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Childs Book Of Poems (Hardcover) I still have my copy of A Child's Book of Poems, my most beloved childhood book. I read from it to my son every night. This is the most beautifully illustrated anthology of poems by great poets, some famous and some not so well known (from William Blake to William Shakespeare) I have ever seen! I have so many of the poems memorized that I hardly have to look at the words, allowing me to soak up the fantastic artwork as I get lost in a wonderland of rhyme. It is a shame that this book is not still in print. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A BEAUTIFUL POETRY BOOK FOR CHILDREN, July 18, 2007 By  silky69 "beautiful world" - See all my reviews This review is from: A CHILD'S BOOK OF POEMS This book is filled with amazingly beautiful poetry by famous poets along with amazingly beautiful illustrations. Here are some of the poets and poems, William Blake--Night Which is the Way to Somewhere Town? Kate Greenaway Summer Sun --Robert Louis Stevenson Wenkyn, Blenkyn and Nod--Eugene Field The Kitten and the Falling Leaves--William Wordsworth The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse--Christina Rossetti Trees--Sarah Coleridge The Mountain and the Squirrel--ralph Waldo Emerson Certainty--Emily Dickenson THe Months--Sarah Coleridge The Owl and the Pussycat--Edward Lear A Sea Song from the Shore--James Whitcomb Riley My Valentine--Robert Louis Stevenson The Crocodile--Lewis Carroll Who is Tapping at my Window?---A.G.Deming The Sea Gull--Gaelic Folk Song The Eagle--Alfred Lord Tennyson Pippa's Song--Robert Browning Lo, THe Winter is Past--Song of Solomon Spring--William Blake From the Bridge--John Keats Let Dogs Delight--Isaac watts Good Night--Victor Hugo Early to Bed--Old Proverb, Mother--George cooper, A Swing Song---William Allingham Be True--William Shakespeare, The Happy Sheep-- wilfred Thorley The Breeze--Old Garden Rhyme Daisies--Frank Dempster sherman The Elf and the Doormouse--Oliver Herford There are many, many more like these. It's a book full of wonderment and innocence and respect for all our great creator has given us, including imagination. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Totally beautiful, April 6, 2003 By  "pcritchley" (Duluth- God's country) - See all my reviews This review is from: Childs Book Of Poems (Hardcover) My father read to us from this book when we were children, and all of us had our favorites. When I saw it had been reprinted, I bought a few! I have been reading to my kids from the old copy for several years. The variety of poetry in this collection is astounding. Poems date back to Shakespeare, into Dickenson's time, and also as recently as the 1960's. There are classics like Wynken, Blynken and Nod, but newer ones like What is Pink? A Rose is Pink. There are poems from women as well as men, and there is variety in the length as well. The one thing that all these poems have in common is their beauty. Recently children's poets have resorted to ickiness and shock to attract children. These poems use language that expands their vocabulary and makes them want to use these new words themselves. My children have started using words like prithee! The illustrations in this book are as attractive to me now as they were when I was a child, and my children love them as well. The illustration for Daffodils makes a person feel as though we are wandering lonely as a cloud with the child as well. If this book were more widely available, I would buy a stack to give out at baby showers.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! This is such a great collection of poetry! The poetry of variety of accomplished poets is accompanied by sweet and beautiful illustrations. My kids love this book. Published 3 months ago by K. Wheaton 5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful! I had been wanting to find a good book of poems for my 3 year old. We had tried some from the library and she didn't really like them. Read more Published 6 months ago by Love to Read 5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful and classic My two year old son and I both love this book. The poetry is wonderful and the illustrations are lovely. I get asked to "wead powems" nearly every night. Read more Published 7 months ago by A. A. Davis 5.0 out of 5 stars What memories it brings back! I had this poem come into my head at the age of 40 - "old dog". The lines of it came to me once in awhile - I searched for it and searched for it - no luck anywhere. Read more Published 9 months ago by KMK 2.0 out of 5 stars Okay I'm not sure today's kids would appreciate the poems; language tends to be very archaic. Published 12 months ago by J. Fisher 5.0 out of 5 stars A Child's Book of Poems I love this book. It contains a variety of poems, many written by well known authors: William Blake, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Browning, Samuel Taylor... Read more Published 12 months ago by T. Nguyen 5.0 out of 5 stars "And then my heart with pleasure fills..." Gyo Fujikawa's wonderfully charming illustrations light up this truly beautiful collection of poems. Read more Published 20 months ago by Linda Austin 5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely beautiful When I was a child, I had a copy of Gyo Fujikawa's book "My Favorite Thing," and absolutely loved it. When I saw this new book illustrated by Fujikawa I had to order it. Read more Published 22 months ago by G. Foreman 5.0 out of 5 stars A Bountiful Feast for the Eyes and Soul My 35 year old daughter still has her copy of this book which I gave to her when she was 2 or 3 yrs. old. We spent many hours over many years reading the poems. Read more Published on October 10, 2002 5.0 out of 5 stars so many wonderful illustrations that it is a feast for years I started reading A Child's Book of Poems to my daughter when she was three days old and we read it for years- in first grade she began reading it to me. Read more Published on September 29, 1999 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402750617
• ISBN-13: 978-1402750618
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #176,092 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Children's Book Ever!, June 21, 2000

By	school mom (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Childs Book Of Poems (Hardcover)

I still have my copy of A Child's Book of Poems, my most beloved childhood book. I read from it to my son every night. This is the most beautifully illustrated anthology of poems by great poets, some famous and some not so well known (from William Blake to William Shakespeare) I have ever seen! I have so many of the poems memorized that I hardly have to look at the words, allowing me to soak up the fantastic artwork as I get lost in a wonderland of rhyme. It is a shame that this book is not still in print.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A BEAUTIFUL POETRY BOOK FOR CHILDREN, July 18, 2007

By	silky69 "beautiful world" - See all my reviews

This review is from: A CHILD'S BOOK OF POEMS

This book is filled with amazingly beautiful poetry by famous poets along with amazingly beautiful illustrations.

Here are some of the poets and poems,
William Blake--Night
Which is the Way to Somewhere Town? Kate Greenaway
Summer Sun --Robert Louis Stevenson
Wenkyn, Blenkyn and Nod--Eugene Field
The Kitten and the Falling Leaves--William Wordsworth
The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse--Christina Rossetti
Trees--Sarah Coleridge
The Mountain and the Squirrel--ralph Waldo Emerson
Certainty--Emily Dickenson
THe Months--Sarah Coleridge
The Owl and the Pussycat--Edward Lear
A Sea Song from the Shore--James Whitcomb Riley
My Valentine--Robert Louis Stevenson
The Crocodile--Lewis Carroll
Who is Tapping at my Window?---A.G.Deming
The Sea Gull--Gaelic Folk Song
The Eagle--Alfred Lord Tennyson
Pippa's Song--Robert Browning
Lo, THe Winter is Past--Song of Solomon
Spring--William Blake
From the Bridge--John Keats
Let Dogs Delight--Isaac watts
Good Night--Victor Hugo
Early to Bed--Old Proverb,
Mother--George cooper,
A Swing Song---William Allingham
Be True--William Shakespeare,
The Happy Sheep-- wilfred Thorley
The Breeze--Old Garden Rhyme
Daisies--Frank Dempster sherman
The Elf and the Doormouse--Oliver Herford

There are many, many more like these. It's a book full of wonderment and innocence and respect for all our great creator has given us, including imagination.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally beautiful, April 6, 2003

By	"pcritchley" (Duluth- God's country) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Childs Book Of Poems (Hardcover)

My father read to us from this book when we were children, and all of us had our favorites. When I saw it had been reprinted, I bought a few! I have been reading to my kids from the old copy for several years.

The variety of poetry in this collection is astounding. Poems date back to Shakespeare, into Dickenson's time, and also as recently as the 1960's. There are classics like Wynken, Blynken and Nod, but newer ones like What is Pink? A Rose is Pink. There are poems from women as well as men, and there is variety in the length as well.

The one thing that all these poems have in common is their beauty. Recently children's poets have resorted to ickiness and shock to attract children. These poems use language that expands their vocabulary and makes them want to use these new words themselves. My children have started using words like prithee!

The illustrations in this book are as attractive to me now as they were when I was a child, and my children love them as well. The illustration for Daffodils makes a person feel as though we are wandering lonely as a cloud with the child as well. If this book were more widely available, I would buy a stack to give out at baby showers.