A selection of Sandburg's poems made for young people. A Voyager Book. 70 line drawings by James Daughetry. This description may be from another edition of this product.
the essay written at the beginning of this book is marvelous. Sandburg speaks in simple terms and explains everything one should or want to know about the meaning of poetry. Nothing fancy or academic or boring, just an exquisite understanding of how poetry began and how it affects our lives. Marlene Klotz
Poems by America's favorite poet....
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An collection of seventy poems by America's favorite poet, hathered especially for young readers and grouped under such topical headings as "Wind and Sea," "Portraits," and "Birds and Bugs.""What is poetry? Carl Sandberg asks in the delightful "Short Talk" that opens this volume. How is a poem made? If it can be explained, is it really a poem? Should children write poetry? He then goes on to present his own captivating, often amusing poems. Dealing with everyday themes that young readers will enjoy, he writes about skyscrapers, hats, tactors, and buffaloes; pumpkins, weeds, cabbages, and birds. There are groups of poems about children, wind and sea, and night; and a number of Sandberg's best-known powems, including "Fog."
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