National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry

图书标准信息

• 作者 J. Patrick Lewis 著
• 出版社 National Geographic Society
• 出版时间 2012-09
• ISBN 9781426310096
• 定价 227.70元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 192页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

NamedoneoftheBestChildren'sBooksof2012byKirkusReviews!

NamedoneofthetopChildren'sBooksof2012bytheNewYorkPublicLibrary!

"Addalittlenaturalwondertoyourpoetryshelves.Becauseifwe’retalkingaboutthebestpossiblecomplimenttoyoureyesandearsalike,fewhaveasmanyperksandgrandmomentsasthis."—SchoolLibraryJournalstarredreview

"OutofawindlessAugustnight/Alunamothinghostlylight
Beatsoftlyonmywindowscreen/Tick-tick-ticking-allsilvergreen.
Shewhisperedsecretsinmyear--/Iambutastrangerhere.
Thestarsarescrawledacrossthesky/Byghostwriters,theMoonandI.
Youwillnotseemeheretonight--/Ihaveathousandstarstowrite."

Whatcouldbebetterthancuddlingupwithyourchildandthisbookonyourlapandallowingyourimaginationstosoarwiththewordsandimages?LovinglyselectedbyU.S.Children'sPoetLaureateJ.PatrickLewisandpairedwithvibrantanimalphotography,thiscollectionofpoemsisanexuberantcelebrationoftheanimalkingdomandabeautifulintroductiontothisgenreofliterature.Designedforfamilysharingbuttargetedtoages4-8,thisdynamic,fresh,yetstillclassiccollectionofanimalpoemsisamust-haveforthefamilybookshelf.

FeaturedpoetsincludeJ.PatrickLewis,DorothyAldis,EmilyDickinson,BenjaminFranklin,RobertFrost,RudyardKipling,JackPrelutsky,ElizabethMadoxRoberts,RobertLouisStevenson,Alfred,LordTennyson,andmanymore.

Dividedintochaptersthatgroupthepoemsbythemeforextraresonance,thecollectionisamixofoldandnew,classics,andnever-before-published.AforewordfromLewis,setsthesceneforhelpingchildrenappreciatethisgiftoflanguageandthisvisualfeastfortheeyes.Chaptersinclude:
WelcometotheWorld(birthofanimalyoung)
BigOnes(largeanimals--elephants,hippos,rhinos,bears)
LittleOnes(smallanimals--worms,insects)
WingedOnes(birdsandotherflyingcreatures)
WaterOnes(aquaticanimals--fish,dolphins,crabs)
StrangeOnes(curiouscreatures--armadillos,centipedes)
NoisyOnes(loudanimals--lions,hyenas)
QuietOnes(silentorstillanimals--hens,rabbits,snakes)
LastThought(areflectionontheworldwesharewithanimals)

ReleasessimultaneouslyinReinforcedLibraryBinding:978-1-4263-1054-6,$28.90/$33.00Can

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【作者简介】

U.S.children'spoetlaureatefor2011-2013,J.PATRICKLEWISistheauthorofmorethanfiftybooksofpoetryforchildren,whichfindtheirshapeinbothfreeandformalverseandengageawiderangeofsubjectsfromhistorytomathematics,Russianfolkloretotheanimalkingdom.HisbooksforchildrenincludeNewYorkTimesBestIllustratedBookTheLastResort(2002,illustratedbyRobertoInnocentiandtranslatedintomorethanadozenlanguages)andTheShoeTreeofChagrin(2001,illustratedbyChrisSheban),whichwontheSocietyofChildren'sBookWriters&Illustrators'GoldenKiteAward.Hischildren'spoetryhasbeenwidelyanthologized,andhiscontributionstochildren'sliteraturehavebeenrecognizedwiththe2011PoetryAwardfromtheNationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglishandtheOhioanaAwards'2004AliceLouiseWoodMemorialPrize.