Awards

• Commended for Audies (Children Ages Up to 8) 2007
• Commended for Listen Up (Children's Spoken Word) 2005
• Winner of Benjamin Franklin Award (Children's Book W/Audio) 2006

Overview

"""Poetry Speaks to Children"" reaches into the world of poetry and pulls out the elements children love: rhyme, rhythm, fun and, every once in a while, a little mischief. Illustrated in colour throughout, ""Poetry Speaks to Children"" is designed for children of ages six to eleven. Featuring more than 100 poems - 50 of them brought to life on CD - ranging from Gwendolyn Brooks to Ogden Nash, Shel Silverstein and Roald Dahl to J.R.R. Tolkien, the book and CD will allow children (and parents!) to read and listen simultaneously. Consisting of entertaining poems written by well-known artists, this book and accompanying audio CD will present poetry to children, using their natural curiosity and sense of fun to reveal the joy and stimulation made possible through poetry. The book and CD will be arranged so that children can read and listen simultaneously. The poems with audio will be interspersed throughout the book. By linking enjoyable and meaningful interaction with words in the poetic form, this book and audio CD will be a child's first real introduction to the energizing experience of poetry."

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9781402203299

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Poetry Speaks to Children would make a fabulous addition to any home school library. - Christian-parenting-source.com The book is so engaging that my students love reading and rereading the poems again and again. - Earlychildhoodliteraturereview.blogspot.com The artwork in this hardcover book is perfect, making the pages come alive and the poems visually appealing to children and adults alike. Whether you're listening to the CD in the car or snuggling on the couch during read-aloud time, Poetry Speaks to Children is sure to please. - Eclectichomeschool.org Poetry Speaks To Children is a beautifully illustrated, hard-back book and CD set. It spent ten weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. This delightful collection is full of significant poems from a variety of eras, and it's poetry that can be loved and appreciated by children. Not children's poetry , necessarily, just poetry they will be able to follow. The editors did an outstanding job. Included is poetry from ee cummings, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, W.B. Yeats, Edgar Allan Poe, Eugene Field...and many, many more. - rocksinmydryer.typepad.com Poetry Speaks to Children is an indulgence for anyone to enjoy parent or child, teacher or student. And not only is this wonderful collection put together in a beautiful book, but we get to hear 50 of the 95 poems read by their authors on the included audio CD. - 5minutesformom.com The publisher's introduction says it's strongly visual, full of storytelling, packed with sound (a CD is included, with 52 poems from 36 poets, many recorded for the first time), ageless, and a mix of classic poetry with some new ones - all correct. - John Mark Minitries This entertaining dip into many archival recordings will likely be a family treasure - Publishers Weekly STARRED Beautifully illustrated... the accompanying CD is the real treat - Family Circle Beautifully illustrated... the accompanying CD is the real treat - Family Circle ...one of the most anticipated audio-poetry releases of the fall - The Wall Street Journal ...an excellent introduction to a whole lot of poetry, from Shakespeare to Nikki Giovanni, from Kipling to Naomi Shihab Nye. The poems are short and long, rhymed and not, famous and little-known. Every single one of them is appealing.... The accompanying CD is a wonder...Sure to please teachers, parents and children who might not yet know how much they need poetry, and how much they will love it. - Kirkus Reviews For density and pleasure on many levels, try this reading, seeing and hearing experience. Adults as well as children are the audience here. - The Chicago Tribune As a producer I get many books across my desk Poetry Speaks to Children stood out from the rest. It is a fantastic book for kids! I have even read it to my little boy and he loves hearing the soothing poetry. The included CD is an added bonus to an otherwise delightful book. A must have for parents to introduce their kids to poetry. - Rick O'Connor, producer, The Steve Cochrane Show on WGN AM Chicago ....humorous when required to be and affecting.... always eye-catching and appealing for its intended audience - The Globe and Mail

This is jolly and good, a fine thing in an anthology. It serves as an excellent introduction to a whole lot of poetry, from Shakespeare to Nikki Giovanni, from Kipling to Naomi Shihab Nye. The poems are short and long, rhymed and not, famous and little-known. Every single one of them is appealing. There's all of Casey at the Bat and Wynken, Blynken, and Nod ; there are poems about farting and about underwear; there's Billy Collins's existential musing on turning ten and Maxine Kumin's poem about a sneeze. The accompanying CD is a wonder: Langston Hughes introducing his own The Negro Speaks of Rivers and Tolkien himself reading one of Frodo's songs. Joy Harjo near-chants her Eagle Poem, and Poetry Alive! performs a few selections with a bit of musical accompaniment. The illustrations are earnest and cheerful, although they suffer a bit from being by several hands: There isn't one style or focus. Sure to please teachers, parents and children who might not yet know how much they need poetry, and how much they will love it. (Poetry. 7-12) (Kirkus Reviews)

Poetry Speaks to Children is an indulgence for anyone to enjoy parent or child, teacher or student. And not only is this wonderful collection put together in a beautiful book, but we get to hear 50 of the 95 poems read by their authors on the included audio CD. - 5minutesformom.com

. . ..humorous when required to be and affecting.... always eye-catching and appealing for its intended audience - <strong><em> The Globe and Mail</em> </strong>

Author Information

Elise Paschen is the editor of Poetry Speaks to Children and co-editor of Poetry Speaks, both New York Times bestsellers. She is the author of several acclaimed poetry collections of her own, including Bestiary and Infidelities, winner of the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize. Former Executive Director of the Poetry Society of America, she is the co-founder of Poetry in Motion, a nationwide program that places poetry in subways and buses, and co-editor of Poetry in Motion and Poetry in Motion from Coast to Coast.

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