The Horn Book Guide

LITERATURE

Allison, Jonathan, Editor

William Butler Yeats

48 pp. | Sterling | February, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-8069-6615-7 $$14.95

(3) 4-6 Poetry for Young People series. Illustrated by Glenn Harrington. Each of twenty-six poems is preceded by a brief explanation (written by the editor, a Yeats scholar) and has unfamiliar words and phrases explained at the bottom. Large paintings, stylistically reminiscent of John Singer Sargent's, accompany each poem. Occasionally, the paintings make metaphor too concrete, but overall they are evocative and help make this a very attractive collection. Ind.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke