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The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems
By Hall, Donald Herbert
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-19512-373-9
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, c1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2000
Gr 2-6 According to Hall, "Poetry for our children began with Native American cradle songs, moved on to a rhymed alphabet, bloomed in the 19th century with A Visit from St. Nicholas, ' expanded in the 20th, and continues with vigor into the 21st." In selecting poems from two centuries-and a bit more-the editor revisits his earlier, unadorned collection, The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America (1985). Here, a smaller number of entries are presented in a large forma...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
