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A Spider Bought a Bicycle: And Other Poems for Young Children
A Spider Bought a Bicycle And Other Poems for Young Children Author:Michael Rosen Grade 1-5 - A joyous collection of over 90 poems in which Rosen's love of language, life, and nonsense comes through. The volume is impressively wide-ranging in scope, from nursery rhymes to songs ("My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean") to nature poems (Karla Kuskin's "When I Went Out"), and the selector does not underestimate the minds of the young; ... more »works by Shakespeare and Gunter Grass are included. Poems such as Issa's "One Bath," "Burp" (anon.), and Jay Reed's "When I Was Small" reflect children's experiences. A strength of the collection is the undercurrent of humor and unexpected happenings, as well as the selections' terseness and elements of repetition. Pencil sketches extend the poems, adding great appeal and charm to the book. While some of the selections may be too British for American children, there is a rich abundance of verse for a variety of ages.Ronald Jobe, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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ISBN-13: 9781856975377 ISBN-10: 1856975371 Publication Date: 4/1995 Pages:120 Edition:1st American Ed Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Rating: