{"product_id":"favorite-poems-old-and-new-isbn-9780385076968","title":"Favorite Poems Old and New","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Children are poets before they grow up and they should live with poems. I hope this book will encourage them to do so.\"\u003c\/i\u003e—Eleanor Roosevelt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeloved and treasured for over 60 years, here is the only poetry collection your family needs—brimming with favorite, classic poems carefully selected to inspire young readers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver 700 classic and modern poems written by poets from William Shakespeare to J.  R. R. Tolkien, Emily Dickinson to Langston Hughes, and covering a range of favorite  topics—pets, playtime, family, nature, and nonsense—ensure that there’s a poem to  please every child. A truly comprehensive collection that is the ideal way of introducing  children to the joys of reading poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If your children think they don't like poetry, expose them to this collection . . . and I defy them to resist its magic.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A fine book for parents to read aloud to their children.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This volume stands out for the comprehensiveness of its selection.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFavorite Poems Old and New\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of family poems. Those of us of an older generation will remember reading many of them around a fire on a winter's evening or perhaps in summertime resting under a tree and having someone read them aloud to us. I hope that young people will keep this book available for frequent 'dipping.' Children are poets before they grow up and they should live with poems. I hope this book will encourage them to do so.\"—Eleanor Roosevelt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If your children think they don't like poetry, expose them to this collection . . . and I defy them to resist its magic.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A fine book for parents to read aloud to their children.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This volume stands out for the comprehensiveness of its selection.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeonard Weisgard \u003c\/b\u003e(1916-2000) was a beloved and award-winning illustrator of more than 200 children’s books, perhaps best known for his collaboration with the author Margaret Wise Brown. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Little Island\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he won the Caldecott Medal in 1947), \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Egg Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bunny\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Ferris\u003c\/b\u003e (1890-1969) edited numerous books for young readers and was editor-in-chief of the Junior Literary Guild from 1929–1959.","brand":"Doubleday Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303200346341,"sku":"NP9780385076968","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385076968.jpg?v=1767726779","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/favorite-poems-old-and-new-isbn-9780385076968","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}