Poetry Speaks to Children Review

Poetry Speaks to Children Review

Includes CD with poems read by the poets.

Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD)
Ages: 4 to 12

This book is a uniquely beautiful anthology of 95 poems with 52 of them read aloud on the accompanying CD. The 52 poems on the cd are read by the poets; J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Frost, Nikki Giovanni and Roald Dahl are just a few of the poets reading their own works.

The variety of poems in this anthology are short and long, serious and funny, famous and little-known...

The poems will draw the children's attention with subjects children can easily relate to.

From "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod", to Maxine Kumin's poem about a sneeze and Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" every single poem is appealing.

The illustrations are bright and cheerful and enhance the words.

The accompanying cd is fantastic! 52 poems and 8 introductions of selected poems: Langston Hughes, Tolkien , Joy Harjo...

The table of contents list the cd track, plus each poem with a reading displays the track number on the page.

This delightful book and cd a child can grow with and keep a lifetime.

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