One Winter Night in August, and Other Nonsense Jingles

One Winter Night in August, and Other Nonsense Jingles PDF Author: X. J. Kennedy
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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More than fifty nonsense rhymes about a people-eating giant snail, exploding gravy, a witch, a dragon, and other topics.

One Winter Night in August, and Other Nonsense Jingles

One Winter Night in August, and Other Nonsense Jingles PDF Author: X. J. Kennedy
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Book Description
More than fifty nonsense rhymes about a people-eating giant snail, exploding gravy, a witch, a dragon, and other topics.

Fourteen on Form

Fourteen on Form PDF Author: William Baer
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781604732566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Interviews with some of the most influential poets of the late twentieth century

Reading Rainbow Readers: Silly Stories

Reading Rainbow Readers: Silly Stories PDF Author: SeaStar Publishing Staff
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781587170331
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70

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Book Description
A collection of easy to read silly stories and poems.

The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America

The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America PDF Author: Donald Hall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019028174X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Compiled by the award-winning poet and author of children's books, Donald Hall, this delightful anthology follows in the tradition of Iona and Peter Opie's classic Oxford Book of Children's Verse. Hall brings together poems written specifically for children and also those written for anyone and enjoyed by children and adults alike. He presents over two hundred fifty poems written by over one hundred different American poets--including anonymous works, ballads, and recitation pieces--that range from the Calvinist verses of the seventeenth century to the fabulous nonsense poems of the present. Drawing on literally thousands of sources--including Sunday School magazines, Christmas annuals for children, and such wonderful children's periodicals as St. Nicholas and Youth's Companion--Hall gives the modern reader a rich sampling of many poems never before anthologized. He includes everyone's favorites, from Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (a.k.a. "The Night Before Christmas") to the classic lines of Longfellow and Whittier. Along with Sarah Josepha Hale's famous poem, "Mary's Lamb," we find poetry by Emily Dickinson, Mary Mapes Dodge, Palmer Cox, Sarah Orne Jewett, Laura E. Richards, and Gelett Burgess. He also covers the twentieth-century with verse by T.S. Eliot, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes, Ogden Nash, Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel), and Randall Jarrell, just to name a few. Hall concludes with the poetry of present-day writers such as Shel Silverstein and Nancy Willard. A testament to a captivating tradition in American literature, this anthology will encourage many hours of nostalgic browsing and reading aloud to children.

Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century

Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century PDF Author: Eric L. Haralson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131776322X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 867

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The Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century contains over 400 entries that treat a broad range of individual poets and poems, along with many articles devoted to topics, schools, or periods of American verse in the century. Entries fall into three main categories: poet entries, which provide biographical and cultural contexts for the author's career; entries on individual works, which offer closer explication of the most resonant poems in the 20th-century canon; and topical entries, which offer analyses of a given period of literary production, school, thematically constructed category, or other verse tradition that historically has been in dialogue with the poetry of the United States.

Taking Measure

Taking Measure PDF Author: Bernard E. Morris
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
ISBN: 9781575910635
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Taking Measure surveys the entire writing career of X. J. Kennedy from his first collection of poetry, Nude Descending a Staircase, to his latest collection, The Minimus Poems. Beginning with a study of the way Kennedy designs his poetry to reflect the poem's subject and tone, the book then traces Kennedy's poetic development through each of his poetry publications. Concluding the book is a chronology of Kennedy's life and writing history, a discussion of the influences on Kennedy's work, a list of his publications and of the titles of his poetry, and a selected bibliography.

Another Jar of Tiny Stars

Another Jar of Tiny Stars PDF Author: Deborah Wooten
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 1629791725
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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A Jar of Tiny Stars is one of the most popular poetry books from WordSong. This new edition is now expanded and includes the work of the latest five winners of the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Poetry for Children. By turns silly and wise, playful and thought-provoking, the poems in this collection were chosen by young readers as their favorites among those written by NCTE Award winners. New to this collection are works from Eloise Greenfield, Nikki Grimes, Mary Ann Hoberman, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and X. J. Kennedy. Rounding out the collection are poems by Arnold Adoff, John Ciardi, Barbara Esbensen, Aileen Fisher, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, David McCord, Eve Merriam, Lilian Moore, and Valerie Worth.

Children's Books and Their Creators

Children's Books and Their Creators PDF Author: Anita Silvey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395653807
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 862

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Book Description
Unique in its coverage of contemporary American children's literature, this timely, single-volume reference covers the books our children are--or should be--reading now, from board books to young adult novels. Enriched with dozens of color illustrations and the voices of authors and illustrators themselves, it is a cornucopia of delight. 23 color, 153 b&w illustrations.

The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature PDF Author: Bernice E. Cullinan
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826417787
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 930

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Book Description
Provides articles covering children's literature from around the world as well as biographical and critical reviews of authors including Avi, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, and Anno Mitsumasa.

Hallowe'en

Hallowe'en PDF Author: Marlene J. McCracken
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780919566989
Category : Activity programs in education
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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