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Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
Ever since it was published in 1978, the picture-book presentation of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" has been an enduring favorite. For this special edition with a new design, trim size, and three new spreads, Susan Jeffers has added more detail and subtle color to her sweeping backgrounds of frosty New England scenes. There are more animals to...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
September 24th 2001
by Dutton Juvenile
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Loved this poem. Story of my life.
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Jun 13, 2007
MissInformation
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
1st and up
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picturebooks
I think that Jeffers lyrical illustrations really create a beautiful chord combined with Frost's words. I grew up in snow, and it is captured so exquisitely. I love this edition, but so much is communicated in the illustrations that I started to think about the words being overpowered or limited by the portrayal. I found most of the book, where there are animals subtly drawn in the trees- their image unfolding for the reader who pauses to look- to be in total support of the text, and not interfe...more
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I love Robert Frost’s poem Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening, and even if you are in the minority that doesn’t feel the same way, you’re no doubt familiar with some of the lines.
I was very pleased to see this book on a sale table and snapped it up, looking forward to reading the poem again.
But the artist Susan Jeffers has used only the first and last stanzas of Frost’s poem, along with a couple of stray phrases from the third verse to accompany her drawings of snowy woods. To me, the original...more
I was very pleased to see this book on a sale table and snapped it up, looking forward to reading the poem again.
But the artist Susan Jeffers has used only the first and last stanzas of Frost’s poem, along with a couple of stray phrases from the third verse to accompany her drawings of snowy woods. To me, the original...more
This is a sweetly illustrated book and makes a nice read-aloud for littler ones. My problem with it is that the illustrations fail to do justice to the poem's intimations. There's way too much light for "the darkest evening of the year," for instance, and the narrator is shown making snow angels on the snowy floor of the woods. If you want to read a poem to little ones while having pictures to show, fine. But I wouldn't think Robert Frost would enjoy this near subversion of his masterpiece! The...more
Apr 13, 2012
Mary Walling
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
ages 4 and above
Recommended to Mary by:
Little Red Reads
Stopping By Woods on A Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost and Susan Jeffers
Paperback: 25 pages
Published 1969
by Scholastic
ISBN-10: 0590098454
ISBN-13: 978-0590098458
Book Source: Bought
5 Stars
Book Description from Amazon: Ever since it was published in 1978, the picture-book presentation of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" has been an enduring favorite. For this special edition with a new design, trim size, and three new spreads, Susan Jeffers has added more detail and subtl...more
by Robert Frost and Susan Jeffers
Paperback: 25 pages
Published 1969
by Scholastic
ISBN-10: 0590098454
ISBN-13: 978-0590098458
Book Source: Bought
5 Stars
Book Description from Amazon: Ever since it was published in 1978, the picture-book presentation of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" has been an enduring favorite. For this special edition with a new design, trim size, and three new spreads, Susan Jeffers has added more detail and subtl...more
So often when I think of my children I think of vibrancy, energy, motion. Sometimes it's dancing, sometimes it's that I'm-too-tired-to-admit-I-need-a-nap frantic zooming from one thing they shouldn't do (or touch, or put in their mouth) to another. Poetry and children just seem to go together. Children respond with pleasure to the unexpected rhyme, the tap-tap-tapping of an alliterative phrase, or the reassuring rhythm of a familiar meter. In so many ways, kids are poetry - poetry in motion. Mos...more
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers is the famous 1922 poem beutifully illustrated in a picturebook presentation.
The famous poem is presented in full, along with an artist's note.
The base plate for the art was prepared with pencil and pen and ink; overlays were drawn in pencil. The addition of color just to the old man focuses attention on him, while not detracting from the natural beauty of the woods, the animals and the all encompasing snow. Jeffe...more
The famous poem is presented in full, along with an artist's note.
The base plate for the art was prepared with pencil and pen and ink; overlays were drawn in pencil. The addition of color just to the old man focuses attention on him, while not detracting from the natural beauty of the woods, the animals and the all encompasing snow. Jeffe...more
When I was in high school, my English teacher made my class memorize random poems. I don’t remember why we had to do this, but I do remember analyzing and memorizing “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” which soon became one of my favorite poems of all time. It stayed with me long after high school, and in my graduate program for education, I made an iMovie of the poem depicting the scenery while also depicting the chain rhyme on screen. I still have that iMovie and I occasionally show it in...more
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Do not let my obvious appreciation for Robert Frost's poetry bias this review. The focus here is on Susan Jeffers's illustrated interpretation of this remarkable poem, and how it brings the poem to life for children and adults alike. Certainly the poem stands on its own merit, but the beautifully wrought illustrations of this edition perfectly accentuate the vision and emotion of the poem. The illustrations are paced carefully, not haphazardly, appearing where images are most appropriate and not...more
Apr 04, 2008
Joanna
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommended to Joanna by:
Mom
Shelves:
childrens-lit-picturebook,
poetry
Wow! One of Robert Frost's best poems gorgeously illustrated! It is in print again (slightly smaller format), so now I can give my mom's copy back to her. This has been one of my favorites for pretty much my whole life, and I would give it ten stars if I could.
I reread this beautiful picture book by Susan Jeffers illustrating one of Robert Frost’s most famous poems, brought to mind when I read the book “Old School” by Tobias Wolf last month. Both the poet and the poem are featured in that book. It’s been in my library for fifteen years and I’ve enjoyed it many times. The illustrations captivate the beauty of snow, where the whole environment is covered in white but the old man, and the children he stops to visit whose enjoyment of the snow is highlig...more
I love poet Robert Frost. I also love illustrator Susan Jeffers - who gives us her unique spin on the classic poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". The poem itself can take many forms and many meanings for those who read it, but Jeffers infuses it with a light Christmas touch. The traveler in this book resembles a Santa Claus-type figure, driving his sleigh loaded with gifts through the woods and visiting with friends and neighbors. Beautiful words and beautiful imagery - it's no wonder I...more
Jeffers did a wonderful job of illustrating this classic Robert Frost poem by merging it with a story of a man feeding the forest animals.
For me, anyone who manages to make an adult poem connect with kids automatically receives bonus points.
Personal tip: clarify that, although he wears red and has a white beard, this man is not Santa. Even my husband was thrown when he realized the sleigh carried bird seed and not presents.
A fun aspect of the story is its “I Spy” quality. Jeffers often hid the...more
For me, anyone who manages to make an adult poem connect with kids automatically receives bonus points.
Personal tip: clarify that, although he wears red and has a white beard, this man is not Santa. Even my husband was thrown when he realized the sleigh carried bird seed and not presents.
A fun aspect of the story is its “I Spy” quality. Jeffers often hid the...more
Austin Ratner's recent review of this book prompted me to enter the world of Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" as Susan Jeffers has depicted it. I plan to periodically return to Jeffers' exquisite illustrations. Perhaps at some point, I will feel as if they are enabling me to see Frost's thoughts. For now, though, I'll settle for the beauty in this presentation of one of the many memorable poems by my favorite poet.
My copy of this book won't be added to bookswap before I sleep.
My copy of this book won't be added to bookswap before I sleep.
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Allowing children access to poetry will truely awaken their sense of words. Robert Forst is one of my favorite poets and I love the fact that some has put his poem into a childrens book. I would use this book to share with students how by just looing at an everday event can generate such beautiful words. I would dare them to just close there eyes and imagine a time of years and to just write about how it make them feel. I would tell them to write about what their five sense feel.
Haunting book that is beautifully illustrated and my favorite book of Susan Jeffers. I saw her give a presentation way back in the late 80's at a Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators function in NYC. This is my favorite book of hers. She recommended calling up a friend who had a lot of dishes to wash or some other repetitive activity and talk and draw at the same time. She said it loosened her up and kept the internal critic away. I think she's right about this.
I hope it goes without saying (but just in case, I will say it here) that I am not giving Frost's poem two stars. I LOVE Robert Frost, and I love this poem. But this book doesn't excite us at all. The illustrations are sweet but it bothers me to have to read the poem so slowly. Also, I don't feel the poem needs illustrations and prefer it without. The kids weren't engaged in the book at all (while finding the snow angel slightly amusing).
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This has always been a favorite poem of mine. With the addition of Susan Jeffers stunningly beautiful illustrations it has become mystical and haunting. Over years, I've read and reread the words but when the illustrated copy found its way to me, something became different. A whole new interpretation surfaced. I had more questions and more theories about thee, meaning, etc. I highly recommend this version of a time honored classic.
I plucked this book off the Easy Fiction shelf while searching for a missing book. Susan Jeffers is one of my favorite illustrators and I was anxious to see her art paired with Roberts Frost's poetry. I was not disappointed. I could hear the crunch of the snow, the soft sounds of the shy animals, and imagine the winter solstice night as if I were experiencing it firsthand.
Dreamy and magical. I will purchase this for our winter book collection.
Dreamy and magical. I will purchase this for our winter book collection.
Jan 21, 2009
Rachel
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
picture-books,
poetry
The illustrations are lovely, so detailed though they are basically just showing snow and animals in a forest. This poem and "Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood," are my favorite Frost poems. I like how the old man in the story jumps out of his sleigh and makes a snow angel and his horse is like "What the heck are you doing?". I wish we got snow that pretty.
My grandmother challenged me to memorize this poem when I little. She said she would give me a dollar if I did. I never earned that dollar but I love this poem and think of her when I hear it. I think this book does a great job with the illustrations at really making the words make sense to young kids who might not be used to the poetic way of communicating.
Jan 21, 2013
Kelsey Scherer
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
picture-books,
poetry
One of my all time favorite books. My grandpa bought this for my siblings and myself when we were younger and we've read it every winter since. A beautiful poem about walking through the woods on a very, very snowy evening. It includes beautiful illustrations and word usage. One I will keep for future reference for both my students and my own kids.
One of my all time favorites by Frost. I can hear the silence, the jingle of the bells and the snort of the horse to hurry and lets go. Just love reading this to my two boys at the holidays, asking them to picture in their minds eye the setting...the snow...the horse and sleigh...and the heavy little man making his way home.
5 stars applies not only to the poem--- which is probably one of the most powerfully lyrical contemplations of suicide (right up there with "To Be or Not to Be")--- but also to the gorgeous artwork, and fact that this amazing poem is brought to the hearts and minds of children via the picture-book format.
I categorized this for children and adult. The pictures were fun discussion with hidden animals for River to find. The poem was not interesting to a toddler, but I translated it along the way and it made for a wonderful, snowy afternoon. Add building a snowman and it's the best day ever!
Mar 28, 2013
Noor Iqbal
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oh that's was super auxious ,,amazing thought that gives some confusion to understanding...nothing he could found but still lonliness and found only one answer that just fog spread far along...!!!and the relation of death...that he must to die..but he has to fulfill his promise...
Beautiful picture-book with amazing Robert Frost' words, shows the beauty of the snow and the season. The illustrations reminded me of Russia in the winter time where everything is covered in the snow, it is quiet and peaceful. I like it, but my 1st grade class did not appreciate it.
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
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Flinty, moody, plainspoken and deep, Robert Frost was one of America's most popular 20th-century poets. Frost was farming in Derry, New Hampshire when, at the age of 38, he sold the farm, uprooted his family and moved to England, where he devoted himself to his poetry. His first two books of verse, A Boy's Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914), were immediate successes. In 1915 he returned to the...more
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“These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
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But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
“Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
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His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
