Poetry of Witches, Elves and Goblins

by Leland B. Jacobs (Compiler), Frank E. Aloise (Illustrator)

A collection of poems about witches, elves, brownies, goblins, giants, fairies, leprechauns, and other wee folk.

Genres: Poetry

63 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1970

About the author

1907-

Leland Blair Jacobs was an American professor emeritus of education who was known particularly for his work in the teaching of literature. He taught elementary, junior high and high school in rural Michigan, and was an elementary school principal. He also taught at OSU in Columbus, Ohio and trained numerous future teachers of literature in Leonia, New Jersey before he was hired by Teachers College, Columbia University in 1952, from which he retired with the rank of Professor Emeritus. During 22 years on the faculty, Dr. Jacobs developed literature as a major part of early education. He encouraged pupils to read literature for their own development.

Reviews

[Faete]

Such sweet poetry. Adorable. My face kept making smiles. Precious little book. ❤️

[Cheryl]

Oh dear. Just, ah, lame. Sorry. I often like these older collections, but this one just fails, imo. Cartoony, amateurish illustrations. Twee fairies. Most poems credited to Anonymous or Old Rhyme. None I'd care to reread or share, except that by William Allingham which is an excerpt published in many other collections: "Up the airy mountain, down the rushy glen..."

[Sem]

A very nice collection of lesser known poetry for young children with pleasing illustrations by Frank Aloise who was a graphic artist at NBC. It's redolent of the 60s.