a representative collection of poetry for children, to be used in the classroom, home, or camp : especially planned for college classes in children's literature
Arbuthnot, May Hill
1967
A collection of poetry arranged by large subject groups, with poems for children of different ages within each group. Includes a section entitled "Keeping Poetry and Children Together" in which such subjects as reading poetry to children, speaking poetry together, and relating poetry to other art forms are discussed.
Poems which commemorate Abraham Lincoln's and George Washington's birthday, Easter, Arbor Day, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Includes indexes of authors, titles, and first lines.
Brings together in one volume all of Barker's fairy illustrations and poems. It contains each of the flower fairies books, a full-length children's story, and the fairy poems illustrated for "Old rhymes for all times.".
Presents biographical information on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English poet and critic Samuel Coleridge and profiles five of his works, providing thematic analysis and excerpts of criticism; also includes primary and secondary bibliographies.
