"Poets are sometimes forgetful. They write poems and if these verses are ahead of their time or quite unlike their other poetry, they put them...
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Oct 11, 2010
Jacqueline
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Title: Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote
Author: Carl Sandburg
Published 1999
Grades: 2-5
Summary:
The poems themselves are uneven, as befits unfinished work; almost all define homely objects or body parts. Many of the lines are somewhat pedestrian ("Toes are to wash when you take a bath" in "Toes"; "Pencils are to hold when you write" in "Pencils"), but they generally lead to an arresting twist ("The bi More...
Author: Carl Sandburg
Published 1999
Grades: 2-5
Summary:
The poems themselves are uneven, as befits unfinished work; almost all define homely objects or body parts. Many of the lines are somewhat pedestrian ("Toes are to wash when you take a bath" in "Toes"; "Pencils are to hold when you write" in "Pencils"), but they generally lead to an arresting twist ("The bi More...
Feb 06, 2012
Alondra
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this book is really funny and fun to read the pictures are so creative and go to what the peom is about its really nice you should readit you will really find it intersting and also i know its a book for children and its not what level i have to read but if you read you can see why i loved this book mostly the picture and the ryhme sheme wall the poems have so you should check this book out you might love it just like i do :)
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