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America at War: Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
In this ever-timely collection of more than fifty poems and paintings divided into eight sections, one of America's most distinguished poets and anthologists, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and internationally acclaimed painter and printmaker Stephen Alcorn trace emotions of warfare from the American Revolution to the Iraq War.
Warfare has taken -- continues to take -- a tremendous t...more
Warfare has taken -- continues to take -- a tremendous t...more
Hardcover, 96 pages
Published
March 4th 2008
by Margaret K. McElderry Books
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Jul 29, 2011
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The thing I liked about this was that it includes the most current conflicts--the thing I didn't like is that it excludes some of the older ones and overall, the poems don't necessarily date to the time of the war--which would have been very cool. The book does have the history of the war itself,and the poems are more about the sad things of was than of heroism.
It ends with a poem about who we are today, or at least who we have been recently--maybe Obama can change a little of that.
Vocabulary Le...more
It ends with a poem about who we are today, or at least who we have been recently--maybe Obama can change a little of that.
Vocabulary Le...more
Looking for poems/poetry of the time to enhance your unit on any one of the wars within which American soldiers have been engaged? Lee Bennett Hopkins collects these poems and Stephen Alcorn's (Odetta: Queen of Folk) illustrations bring a sense of patriotism and home to each piece.
The gift to children's poetry that is Lee Bennett Hopkins is his ability to draw from the past to make connections to the subject at present. In addition, new emerging voices in children's poetry are given a chance to...more
The gift to children's poetry that is Lee Bennett Hopkins is his ability to draw from the past to make connections to the subject at present. In addition, new emerging voices in children's poetry are given a chance to...more
5th grade - high school
I thought this book was beautiful. There are about sixty to seventy poems in this book that are written during and about each American war from the Revolution to the most recent Iraq War. Each page has a poem and an illustration. The illustration are stylized interpretations of the poems. The artwork and the poems really drive the point, war is painful, to the reader.
Language Arts/U.S. History
Lesson Plan: Use the poetry of the different wars to interpret history. I always...more
I thought this book was beautiful. There are about sixty to seventy poems in this book that are written during and about each American war from the Revolution to the most recent Iraq War. Each page has a poem and an illustration. The illustration are stylized interpretations of the poems. The artwork and the poems really drive the point, war is painful, to the reader.
Language Arts/U.S. History
Lesson Plan: Use the poetry of the different wars to interpret history. I always...more
A collection of poems for children arranged around each major American war. There are about four really good poems here, the rest middling. I wish this had been more powerful, since I spent a long time trying to find it. I realize that since this is a book for kids there is only so far the authors may go, but given how far they do go in this collection, I wish it had been overall more powerful. A book can't include anything worse than they see on television every night.
I think that it was good.Because it had touching poems about wars. They were inspirering, the fact is that war is cruel, heartless, harsh, horrible. The soidiers are brave, strong, fearless,and devotedto the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Recommended for gr. 4-8. Poems are organized by their relevance to a particular war, beginning with the Revolutionary War and ending with the Iraq War. They are all good selections, although in some cases I did not think that the accompanying illustration was completely relevant to the poem.
A moving selection of poems about American wars, from the Revolution through the current Iraq War. Be sure to read the Prologue, "Wish for Peace" by Joan Bransfield Graham.
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