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    <body><![CDATA[I must say I hate poetry in all its forms, it seems a perversion of literature to me. I only picked this up because a line from the poem 'My Kingdom' caught my eye in a quote from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2842159.A_History_of_Reading" title="A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel">A History of Reading</a> and it felt just right to describe the escapism of reading. To say the least I was disappointed to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70165837">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book I remember my mom reading to me. There is this one illustration of A child holding a lantern and creeping down a dark hallway, it scared the balls off of me.  It's a very important memory for me.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm surprised at how Zach sits and loves to listen to these, perhaps for the song-like quality of the poems, because some of them are quite long.  This is a book I choose to read to the kiddos even if it is supposedly too late.  :o)<br/><br/>The depth of this author's talent is so evident, just fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40150288">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book so many times as a child, I memorized about a third of the poems in it.  There cannot be a better recommendation for a book than that.  With topics like red cows, picture books and the summer sun, Stephenson speaks to the wonders that every child beholds.  Here is one of my favorite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27601983">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I do believe this is where my mother got the words to the song she used to sing us in the morning: &quot;A birdie with a yellow bill/hopped up on my window-sill/cocked his shining eye and said/aint you 'shamed you sleepy-head.&quot;]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I had this as a child.  Just browsed through it again and it brought back happy memories, especially of the illos.<br/><br/>Found an e-book version in the Google library and will peruse at my leisure.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I got this as a gift when I was a child and it kindled my love of poetry. It was my first book of poetry I owned and for that matter one of the first books that I owned outright.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite childhood books of all time. My grandmother gave it to me when I was 8 and I read the poems over and over memorizing quite a few of them. Love it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this was my first hardback poetry book. I loved the illustrations that became my vision of England.  From reading it over and over ,I learned to love poetry. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a beautiful edition of Stevenson's book, which was originally published in 1885.  The illustrations were as enjoyable as the poetry itself.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book when I read it to my children and now read it to my granddaughters.  This version has lovely illustrations]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book as a child... memorized &quot;Singing&quot; for a third grade project. &quot;The Land of Nod&quot; scared me, though.]]></body>
    
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