The world comes to life on a snow-melting day.

Overview: Popular, well-known poetry: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, " "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" "Death, be not proud, " "The Raven, " "The Road Not Taken, " plus works by Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Coleridge, Shelley, Emerson, Browning, Keats, Kipling, Sandburg, Pound, Auden, Thomas, and many others. Includes 13 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, " "Fog, " "Chicago,...

"Whether memorized by schoolchildren or used to eulogize a president, 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,' written in 1922 and published in 1923, has found a place as one of the best-loved and best-known American poems of the last hundred years. Now, six decades after the passing of its author, Robert Frost, celebrated artist P.J. Lynch brings this classic to new life with exquisitely detailed illustrations, evoking its iconic moments and wintry...

A collection of poems about one family's activities on Thanksgiving Day, including pondering the history behind the holiday, welcoming visiting relatives, praying for others, enjoying the good food, and giving thanks at the end of the day.

Illustrations and brief rhymes present an alphabet of animals from alligator and hippo to parrot and zebra.

Twelve short poems that combine counting with the story of the first Thanksgiving.

A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and water-buffalo to be quiet and not disturb the sleeping baby.

"A collection of original, pet-themed poetry for children accompanied by striking photos. The book demonstrates a variety of common poetic forms and defines poetic devices"--Provided by publisher.

A woman frantically rushes to prepare for the fast-approaching winter while her husband sits idly by.

Presents twelve poems about Thanksgiving, including "When Daddy carves the Turkey, " "I Ate Too Much, " "Daddy's Football Game, " and "If Turkeys Thought."