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by: American Poetry & Literacy Project, Academy of American Poets
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.540809283
EAN: 9780486451596
ISBN: 0486451593
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: March 10, 2006
Publisher: Dover Publications
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Sales Rank: 255996
Studio: Dover Publications
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Product Description:
Seventy lighthearted poems, selected for both popularity and literary quality, cover a wide range of subjects: books, words, imagination, the beauty of the natural world, travel, adventure, play, and, of course, love and friendship. Features an incredible array of poets, from Lewis Carroll and Ernest Lawrence Thayer to Shel Silverstein and Ogden Nash.
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Rating:  - Good starting point...
Poetry in the schools is certainly facing some challenges right now. How to eat a Poem attempts to widen the poetic cannon, but fails short on several accounts. Many of the poems are seen in my literary texts, stale and boring. I was hoping for some really new, fresh poems, and on a few accounts I did. The thematic arrangement of the poems was quite enjoyable and it allowed many of the poems to converse with one another, and in so doing, inspired a number of creative writing exercises for my ... Read More
Rating:  - Must have!
My daughters 8 and 9 loved raeding the book. Thye would read it out to each other. They both used it for school. I loved it!
Rating: - excellent intro to poetry
The poem selections are very good and the subject categories are very helpful as well.
Rating:  - High hopes ultimately led to disappointment
I was led to believe that this book was intended to inspire young readed and spur their interest in poetry. After reading it I can only say that it was a disappointment. I don't believe the editors have the slightest idea what young people are interested in reading. There are a few exceptions that give the collection some redemption, but overall I doubt that youngsters will be anything but bored.
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