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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-6-This shortened and illustrated volume has half of the poems found in Read-Aloud Poems for Young People (Black Dog & Leventhal, 1997) plus one new selection. The list of authors reads like a who's who of American and European poets, such as William Blake, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. The more than 100 poems are organized into the same nine topics, such as "Laughing Lyrics" and "Poems to Ponder" that appeared in the earlier version. The page introducing "Nature's People" misspells Emily Dickinson's name. A selection of lovely watercolor-and-ink drawings by early-20th-century illustrators Fanny Cory, Marguerite Davis, Kate Greenaway, and Jessie Willcox Smith create an old-fashioned, nostalgic mood. The poems are attractively typeset with plenty of white space. Occasional sidebars mention interesting facts about the selections or their authors. However, the cover states the volume contains the "World's Best Loved Poems," when there is no evidence of global representation. Likewise, all of the children depicted are white. Despite the flaws, this is a solid collection of English-language children's poems and an appealing addition to library collections.
Donna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT
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Product Description
Curling up with a good book is one of life's great joys-and it is never too early to introduce that pleasure to children. The selections in this elegant volume are designed to be read aloud in ten minutes or less, or to be devoured by developing readers on their own.

READ-ALOUD POEMS collects the work of the world's greatest poets, to introduce children of all ages to the magic and excitement of the form. The poems have been carefully selected to appeal to a child's sensibility, and are culled from such poets as Maya Angelou, Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickinson, Shel Siverstein, and e.e. cummings. It is filled with brand-new illustrations, offering fresh interpretations of classic and modern verses.

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