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How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers
Contributor(s): American Poetry &. Literacy Project (Author), Academy of (Author), Kooser, Ted (Foreword by)

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ISBN: 0486451593     ISBN-13: 9780486451596
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: March 2006
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Annotation: Seventy lighthearted poems, selected for both popularity and literary quality, cover a wide range of subjects: books, words, imagination, the beauty of the natural world, travel, adventure, play, and, of course, love and friendship. Features an incredible array of poets, from Lewis Carroll and Ernest Lawrence Thayer to Shel Silverstein and Ogden Nash.


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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - General
Dewey: 811.540
LCCN: 2006003940
Age Level: 8-14
Grade Level: 3-9
Series: Dover Children's Classics
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5" W x 7.8" L (0.15 lbs) 96 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
Focusing on popular verse from the nineteenth century through today, this anthology invites young readers to sample a taste of irresistible poems that will nourish their minds and spirits. Selected for both popularity and literary quality, seventy charming poems cover a wide range of subjects: poetry, books, words, and imagination; the beauty of the natural world; travel, adventure, sports, and play; love, friendship, sadness, hope, and other emotions. Included are:
Prickled Pickles Don't Smile, Nikki Giovanni
W. D., Don't Fear that Animal, W. D. Snodgrass
A Jelly-Fish, Marianne Moore
The Porcupine, Ogden Nash
Annabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe
The Falling Star, Sara Teasdale
Sick, Shel Silverstein
Casey at the Bat, Ernest Lawrence Thayer
With Kitty, Age Seven, At the Beach, William Stafford
Hope is the Thing with Feathers, Emily Dickinson
. . . . and sixty other notable works.
Chosen by the American Poetry & Literacy Project and the Academy of American Poets, two of the nation's most respected nonprofit poetry organizations, these much-loved and highly readable poems promise young readers and poetry lovers of all ages hours of reading pleasure.
 
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