The Rhymes & Runes of the Toad

by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer

New HARDCOVER, slightest rubbing on silver dust jacket, carefully wrapped,

Genres: Poetry

71 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1975

About the author

Susan Fromberg Schaeffer was an American novelist and poet who was a Professor of English at Brooklyn College for more than thirty years. She won numerous national writing awards and contributed book reviews for the New York Times.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Fr...

Reviews

[Kirk Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was once a website, now lost to me, dedicated to bad surrealist paintings, garage sale beauties that had the outward manifestations of surrealism but failed to resonate. And it was these paintings that came to mind sometimes when reading this book. Because surrounding some stunning passages and some well-wrought lines ('the edge of the forest, where the trees thin out like old fur', 'You will do no more crying in these dark ink-blue nights') are some fantasticals that, while original, just don't work for me in terms of resonance: as if someone had driven a Toyota Camry into a fairy tale. This might just be me.

The physical copy is in the hands much like every typical slim hardcover book you've ever read. The typography adds a bit, and the illustrations are sometimes on fleek. That slipcover, now! So seventies. So galactic, so disco.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought that it was time to start a collection of lit for younger folks. I read this today and enjoyed it. I think it'll make some interesting drama activities.

Well, that ant the cover is shiny silver. I only buy metallic books at Books and Melodies. It's so far worked out for the best.

[Danice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrated.