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A Child's Introduction to Poetry: Listen While You Learn about the Magic Words That Have Moved Mountains, Won Battles and Made Us Laugh and Cry [With Hardcover - 2003

by Michael Driscoll; Meredith Hamilton (Illustrator)


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Poetry can be fun-especially when we can read it, hear it, and discover its many delights with the help of cartoon character Professor Driscoll, delightful illustrations, and the poetry read aloud on CD.

This wide-ranging journey through the history and highlights of the world's poetry covers everything from epics and odes to nonsense verse and haikus, and is filled with examples of every style.

The multimedia package encourages children to listen, read, and learn-and opens the door to a lifetime of appreciation of a rich literary tradition.

It painlessly introduces kids (and parents, too) to the greatest poets in history, from Homer and Shakespeare to Robert Frost and Ogden Nash-and provides excellent examples of their work and commentary on what makes it so special. In short, this is a galloping tour through poetic history loaded with all of our most significant and beloved poems. In addition to charming illustrations on every lively page, A CHILD'S INTRODUCTION TO POETRY contains a full-length CD with wonderful renditions of the poems read by professional actors.

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  • Title A Child's Introduction to Poetry: Listen While You Learn about the Magic Words That Have Moved Mountains, Won Battles and Made Us Laugh and Cry [With
  • Author Michael Driscoll; Meredith Hamilton (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition HAR/COM
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York
  • Date 2003-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781579122829 / 1579122825
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.38 x 10.5 x 0.63 in (26.37 x 26.67 x 1.60 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Reading level 1110
  • Library of Congress subjects Children's poetry, Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004271973
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.008

About the author

Michael Driscoll is the author of A Child's Introduction to Poetry and A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky (both Parent's Choice Award winners). He is currently a staff editor at the New York Daily News.

Meredith Hamilton graduated from Brown University and has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Formerly an art director at Newsweek and Time, she illustrated the previous six books in the Child's Introduction series, among other books, and her work can be found in magazines and animations as well. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and three children.

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