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Kennedy, Dorothy M.
2 Reviews
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Karen Lee Baker.
Retaining its clear sense of purpose--introducing poetry (how it makes you feel, how it is constructed, how to make your own) to third- through sixth-graders--this revised edition, with seventy-five new poems, is better than ever. One of the best introductions to poetry available for children.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
December, 1982
(2)
4-6
The twenty-seven verses in this attractive volume include a number of old favorites written by the likes of A. A. Milne, Christina Rossetti, and Robert Louis Stevenson, and some by modern poets, including Norma Farber and Lilian Moore. The collection hews to the straight and narrow, but the quality is consistently high, and the whole is considerably enhanced by first-time illustrator Meret's sepia-colored pencil illustrations. Ind.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.
2 reviews
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