The Horn Book Guide

LITERATURE

Gillooly, Eileen, Editor

Robert Browning

48 pp. | Sterling | May, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-8069-5543-0 $$14.95

(3) 4-6 Poetry for Young People series. Illustrated by Joel Spector. A brief biographical sketch of Browning begins an accessible overview of the work of one of Victorian England's greatest poets. While many of Browning's poems are famously difficult to read, judicious excerpting and brief explanatory notes help readers appreciate the dramatic verse. Pastel paintings illustrate selections from works including "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" and "My Last Duchess." Ind.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute