HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Classic Poems to Read Aloud (Classic…
Loading...

Classic Poems to Read Aloud (Classic Collections) (edition 1995)

by James Berry

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
268498,397 (3.87)1
Classic Poems to Read Aloud selected by James Perry is an anthology of poetry from around the world. The author made an attempt to include both classical poems as well as unknown poetry. In the same manner, he attempted to present not only English and American points of views but he also included Africa, the Caribbean, and India. Personally, I thought the collection attempted to do too much. In addition, the poems content is sometimes mature such as “When You Are Old” by W.B. Keats. I think adults can appreciate a poem of becoming older because they have lived out their lives and can look back on events and people whom they shared their lives with. But children cannot appreciate such reflections; consequently I felt the author sometimes forgot his target audience. It is not to say the poems are not worthy, but rather the themes sometimes inconsequential for young children. On the positive side, the book has some colorful art representing different cultures. The illustrations have some pictures of children of color, animals from different parts of the world, and faraway places. However, most of the pictures are small and black and white.
Ages 5 and up ( )
  ElenaEstrada | Nov 12, 2011 |
Showing 4 of 4
This was one of my childhood books, and I never forgot it. I read it over and over until it fell apart. Not every poem was a favorite, but I can recite "The Jaguar" by Ted Hughes to this day. ( )
  AshleighDJCutler | May 12, 2020 |
Classic Poems to Read Aloud selected by James Perry is an anthology of poetry from around the world. The author made an attempt to include both classical poems as well as unknown poetry. In the same manner, he attempted to present not only English and American points of views but he also included Africa, the Caribbean, and India. Personally, I thought the collection attempted to do too much. In addition, the poems content is sometimes mature such as “When You Are Old” by W.B. Keats. I think adults can appreciate a poem of becoming older because they have lived out their lives and can look back on events and people whom they shared their lives with. But children cannot appreciate such reflections; consequently I felt the author sometimes forgot his target audience. It is not to say the poems are not worthy, but rather the themes sometimes inconsequential for young children. On the positive side, the book has some colorful art representing different cultures. The illustrations have some pictures of children of color, animals from different parts of the world, and faraway places. However, most of the pictures are small and black and white.
Ages 5 and up ( )
  ElenaEstrada | Nov 12, 2011 |
This collection provides a rich feast of poetic works for young people. The editors have mixed classic poems with less well-known entries, and yet all the poems work well together. The collection is appropriately multicultural and wide-sweeping in terms of subject matter, and the beautiful glossy illustrations lend a visual magic that serves to enhance the meaning of the surrounding poems. ( )
  vaillance | May 3, 2009 |
This review has been flagged by multiple users as abuse of the terms of service and is no longer displayed (show).
  Redbud | Mar 20, 2007 |
Showing 4 of 4

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (3.87)
0.5
1
1.5
2 3
2.5 1
3 1
3.5 1
4 2
4.5
5 7

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 203,188,120 books! | Top bar: Always visible