Once upon a poem favorite poems that tell stories
Collection of stories told in verse. The most exciting and enjoyable stories ever told in verse, illustrated throughout in full color and beautifully presented. Sumptuously illustrated by four different artists, each selection begins with a quote from one of today's favorite authors - including J.K....
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| Language: | English |
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London : New York :
Chicken House ; Scholastic,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Good poem / Roger McGough
- Foreword / Kevin Crossley-Holland
- Jim who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion / Hilaire Belloc
- Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll
- Merlin and the snake's egg / Leslie Norris
- Man from snowy river / A.B. "Banjo" Paterson
- Visit from St. Nicholas / Clement Clarke Moore
- Brave boy rap / Tony Mitton
- Grateful dragon / Raymond Wilson
- Highwayman / Alfred Noyes
- Late passenger / C.S. Lewis
- Goldilocks and the three bears / Roald Dahl
- Cremation of Sam McGee / Robert Service
- O what is that sound / W.H. Auden
- Owl and the pussy-cat and the children of the owl and the pussy-cat / Edward Lear
- Wynken, blynken, and nod / Eugene Field
- Afterword / Kevin Crossley-Holland
- Poem / Langstom Hughes
- About the artists
- About the writers
- Sources & acknowledgements.
