Winter Poems compiled by Barbara Rogasky -- authors included: Shakespeare, Ogden Nash, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Wordsworth, Robert Frost, etc.
illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman -- one of my fave illustrators
beautiful book combining poetry and art (note: no Christmas or religious poetry included :( )
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Showing posts with label Language Arts. Show all posts
Monday, February 8, 2010
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Word Wizard
A cute book for beginning readers, or those who are just beginning to fall in love with words and reading. Very creative and fun. Also good for a beginner's study of anagrams.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Fancy Nancy
Talk about not judging a book by its cover. The word "fancy" totally threw me. I IMMEDIATELY thought -- surely *this* is twaddle and not worth reading to the kids. Was I glad to be wrong! I almost didn't borrow it! I loved it too -- very cleverly written -- the plot, the words, the pictures... we love Fancy Nancy and want to read more about her and her family!
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The Twelve Days of Christmas by Laurel Long
What I liked about this book was the artwork, which shows you the things that are mentioned in the lyrics.
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What I liked about this book was the artwork, which shows you the things that are mentioned in the lyrics.
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There's this kid who's rich and he has servants do the work. One day he finds out from somebody that his father has been captured so...