Books : Talking Like the Rain: A Read-to-Me Book of Poems
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by: X. J. Kennedy, Dorothy M Kennedy
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.00809282
EAN: 9780316488891
ISBN: 0316488895
Label: Little, Brown Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: April 01, 1992
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 95570
Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers
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Product Description:
A collection of poems and illustrations celebrating the lives of children includes works by A. A. Milne, Edward Lear, Robert Louis Stevenson, and many new voices and is divided into sections on Day and Night, Just for Fun, and others.
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Rating: - Poetry book
This is a wonderful book filled with poems by well known authors.
Wonderful for children who enjoy poetry. Highly recommend!
Rating: - Educators Recommend
The Kennedys have done a superb job in selecting the poems for this read-aloud. The titles run the gamut of sweetly simple (Langston Hughes' "Piggy Back"), to the powerful (Georgia Roberts Durston's "The Wolf").
There is something for everyone here. Readers will find old favorites-"The Purple Cow"-as well as a few not-so-well-known but soon-to-be favorites such as William Jay Smith's lovely and lyrical "Polar Bear."
The book is divided into nine, themed sections: Plays, Families, ... Read More
Rating: - A Beautiful Anthology with a Wonderful Variety of Poems
This is a beautiful book both visually and in content. The watercolor illustrations are in the realistic style painted in fine detail. My daughter loves to look at the pictures closely as we read the poems aloud.
The poems selected cover a wide range of topics, themes, and moods. There are funny poems like limericks, serious poems about the seasons, poems about how children sometimes feel (such as the one about the boy who didn't do anything right yesterday, so he's not getting out of bed ... Read More
Rating: - Great Book of Poetry For Children (and Parents)
Last night, my not-quite-three-year-old daughter spontaneously recited a couple dozen poems from this book to my wife and me. We were astounded. She's been requesting that we read TALKING LIKE THE RAIN to her day and night since I bought it last month, but we had no idea how deeply the poems had sunken in. What better endorsement can one give to such a book? We plan to buy several more copies as presents for my daughter's friends . . . and their parents.
X.J. Kennedy is a terrific poet as ... Read More
Rating: - Every Child Deserves This Beautiful Book
This large, gorgeous picture book contains 123 poems perfectly suited for youthful excursions into the land of poetry. You will find many favorites here as well as bountiful opportunity to make new friends. Emily Dickinson, Rachel Field, David McCord, Jane Yolen, Christina Rossetti, Langston Hughes, Elizabeth Coatsworth, and Robert Frost are just a few of the amazing talents that grace the pages of this book. From the very beginning where a qote from Isak Dinesen's "Out of Africa" explains the title of the ... Read More
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