A Child's Book of Poems

by Gyo Fujikawa (Illustrator)

Overview

William Blake, Kate Greenaway, Emily Dickinson: the writers in this charming anthology of 200 poems—first published in 1969—are among literature’s most beloved. And Gyo Fujikawa’s appealing illustrations depict children of all races sweetly interacting, as well as an engagingly rendered menagerie of animals and the natural world in all its wonderment. Among the verses that children will love are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Christmas Bells,” Lewis Carroll’s “The Melancholy Pig,” and Eugene Fields’ “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,” along with proverbs, limericks, nursery rhymes, and folk songs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402750618
Publisher:	Union Square Kids
Publication date:	09/01/2007
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	66,662
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

Read an Excerpt

Night

The sun descending in the west,
The evening star does shine;
The birds are silent in their nest,
And I must seek for mine.
The moon, like a flower,
In heaven's high bower,
With silent delight
Sits and smiles on the night.

Farewell, green fields and happy groves,
Where flocks have took delight.
Where lambs have nibbled, silent moves
The feet of angels bright;
Unseen they pour blessing,
And joy without ceasing,
On each bud and blossom,
And each sleeping bosom.

William Blake

Editorial Reviews

This charming book of classic poems features heartwarming, child-friendly verse from some of the world's most renowned poets, from William Wordsworth's "The Kitten and the Falling Leaves" to Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat" to Christina Rossetti's "What Is Pink? A Rose Is Pink." Accompanied with Gyo Fujikawa's fluid, traditional illustrations, which remind us of the spirit and magic of childhood, this 118-page collection will calm and enchant readers young and old.