Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD) (Read & Hear)
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Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD) (Read & Hear) In the tradition of Poetry Speaks, the anthology named a Best Book of 2002 by School Library Journal, and praised by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as “a volume to delight longtime lovers of poetry and to spark new love for poetry, especially among the young,” Sourcebooks MediaFusion is proud to introduce the joy of the written and spoken word in Poetry Speaks to Children.
Parents, educators, librarians, and poetry enthusiasts have wondered for years how to get children really interested in poetry. Until now, there hasn’t been a collection of poems and poets that spoke directly to that elusive audience. Poetry Speaks to Children cracks through that barrier by packaging the best poems by the best authors along with a CD-making the engrossing and often mischievous verses come alive in the voices of many of the creators.
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.
More than 90 poems, for children ages six and up, celebrate the written word and feature a star-studded lineup of beloved poets, including: Roald Dahl; J. R. R. Tolkien; Robert Frost; Gwendolyn Brooks; Ogden Nash; John Ciardi; Langston Hughes; Sonia Sanchez; Seamus Heaney; Canada’s best-loved children’s poet, Dennis Lee; Rita Dove; Billy Collins; Nikki Giovanni and X. J. Kennedy.
On the accompanying CD, 50 of the poems are brought to life–most read by the poets themselves–allow the reader to hear the words as the poets intended.
Hear Gwendolyn Brooks growl her rhyming verse poem “The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, or, What You Are You Are” with verve and inflection-relaying the story of the striped cat who “rushed to the jungle fair for something fine to wear,” much to the hoots of his jungle peers. Amid jeers, sneers and sighs, the tiger eventually learns to be comfortable in his own striped skin (or fur as it were!).
Follow Ogden Nash as he tells of the brave little Isabel, who “didn’t worry, didn’t scream or scurry” when confronted with a ravenous bear, a one-eyed giant or a troublesome doctor. Her clever solutions to problems (”She turned the witch into milk and drank her”) will keep even the most reluctant readers interested.
Listen to James Berry, who quells a little girl’s anxieties about her color by celebrating the marriage of “night and light,” emphasizing how all colors are necessary in nature, in “Okay, Brown Girl, Okay.”
Turn the page and tune in . . . kids won’t be the only ones hooked!
Customer Review: 95 Winning Poems for Kids AND Adults
I gave this book/CD to my daughter for her 6th birthday party. After the party while she played with the neighbors I was exhausted and just wanted to take a nap. Before I did though I put this 68 minute CD of poetry on and found it to be very entertaining and relaxing. 29 of the readers are the poets reading their own words.
Now my daughter has been listening to it every night before bed and often I play it early in the morning to gentle wake her before kindergarten.
There are some classic recorded poems here such as “The Raven” by Poe, “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll, “The Tyger” by William Blake and “Casey at the Bat” by Earnst L. Thayer.
There are also some very nice multicultural poems recorded such as “Eagle Poem” by Joy Harjo, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes, and perhaps my favorite poem in the collection “Okay, Brown Girl, Okay” by James Berry which is reassuring, touching, and can speak to everyone about what it’s like to be different among other people.
Not all of the poems are included on the CD–some are just included in the book. Familiar poems and poets in the book only are “from Macbeth” by Shakespeare, “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” by Ogden Nash, “Frodo’s Song in Bree” by J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Land of Counterpane” by Robert Louis Stevenson, from “The Bed Book” by Sylvia Plath, “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” by Eugene Field, and “Letter to a Bee” by Emily Dickinson among many others.
In all there are 95 poems. Some of them recorded and/or published for the first time. The illustration are delightful and done by three different artist with different styles. They are Judy Love, Wendy Rasmussen, and Paula Zinngrabe Wendland.
This book/CD combo is a winner. It’s very educational, fun, and will be enjoyed by the whole family.
Customer Review: Great Intro. to Poetry
My child is 3 1/2 and loves this book, as do I. While she’s not into the CD YET, she loves sitting w/me and exploring the poems which are neither too complex or too simple. There are classics and more modern works and they’ve done a wonderful job finding an assortment that represent various ways that poetry is used in other literary works (ex. excerpts from Macbeth and “Lord of the Rings”). I’m not a poetry expert, so I love that there are poets and writers of whom I recognize such as Robert Frost, Nikki Giovanni, Sylvia Plath, Edgar Allen Poe and that it introduces me and my child to others who I don’t recognize. A great way to introduce poetry to your kids.
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