One At A Time: His Collected Poems for the Young

by David T.W. McCord, Henry B. Kane (Illustrator)

An illustrated collection of poems about diverse topics including nature, animals, favorite places, and colors.

Genres: Poetry

494 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1977

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Such an odd bird, this collection. Some, like "Crows" feel essential: regal and airy. Ditto "This Is My Rock." Others, like "Five Chants" are pleasantly light and loose and loopy. But I kept looking for more to love and couldn't quite. And then at the end, the "poems" that instruct me on verse forms are so dreadful and didactic and trying so hard to be fun without ever getting there that I wished I hadn't seen them.

I think it is especially hard for poems for younger readers to last. Why is that?

[Zoraida Rivera Morales · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very diverse collection of poetry for it includes different types of poems and an array of topics of interest to children. I loved some of the poems like: The Door, Tooth Trouble, This is my Rock and
Books. Some poems are very, very short and some go on for various pages. It's a great poet to read and enjoy and to learn from.

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really didn't like Thompson's poetry. I thought the phrasing was awkward and hard to read... especially for the audience it is intended for.

I read "Mr. Mixup Tells a Story." This is about a guy who is trying to get a story right and keeps on saying wrong (rhyming) words. I understand that it was obviously supposed to be mixed up, but I didn't even understand what was going on the whole time. Because of the phrasing and choppy sentences, it was even more confusing than I think it was originally intended to be.

[Nicole Fellows · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the poems I looked at in this book were "Yellow" and "Where?" I thought these poems were cute, but a lot of the others were somewhat confusing. I didn't like this author's style of writing as much. His poems didn't seem to flow quite as easily. A lot of the topics were fun though.

[TJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I was younger I loved David McCord's poetry. You can tell by the beaten up dust cover and hardcovers just how much I read them. This collection of poems my father was able to get signed by the author in 1987.

[Devin · Rating 2 out of 5]

All About Fireflies All About

It just didn't move me.