false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175029176m/470286.jpg 470286 1 Of all of Longfellow's beloved poems (and there are many) none is so personal, so sunny, or so touching as this affectionate love letter to his three daughters, "grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, and Edith with the golden hair."<br><br>Longfellow's happiest hours were spent writing on a cluttered desk by the south window of his beloved Craigie House, an imposing mansion still preserved on Cambridge's famous Brattle Street. It was here that most of the action takes place (except for his literary reference, and brief excursion, to the "Mouse-Tower on the Rhine"), here that his daughters come creeping down the stairs to beard the gentle, genial poet in his lair.<br><br>Lang's luminous illustrations perfectly capture the happy atmosphere of that house, the author's affections for his daughters, and the painterly quality of his verse. This book for young readers presents one of the sweetest poems in the English language, her newly illustrated, beautifully presented, and now available to a new generation of readers. 458593 1993 The Children's Hour total:13|5:8|4:3|3:1|2:0|1:1| 13 56 16 2 3 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 12:48:52 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 08:47:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 08:18:31 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 08:19:40 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 20:27:13 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 20:27:13 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Oct 05 12:27:37 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 12:27:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1964 Tue Sep 22 11:24:56 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 11:25:08 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 09:56:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 09:56:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 22 11:51:33 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 11:51:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 10:11:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 10:11:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Thu May 28 19:46:41 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 19:47:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 21 10:09:11 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 10:09:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 16:42:40 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 16:42:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 07 09:34:30 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 09:34:33 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 16:43:41 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 16:43:43 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Sep 19 22:34:45 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 22:34:45 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jun 29 16:57:40 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 16:57:40 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Feb 04 09:49:39 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 09:49:41 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=470286