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How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers

How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers
By American Poetry & Literacy Project, Academy of American Poets

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Seventy lighthearted poems, selected for both popularity and literary quality, cover a wide range of subjects: books, words, imagination, the beauty of the natural world, travel, adventure, play, and, of course, love and friendship. Features an incredible array of poets, from Lewis Carroll and Ernest Lawrence Thayer to Shel Silverstein and Ogden Nash.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #613764 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-03-10
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 96 pages

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Must have!5
My daughters 8 and 9 loved raeding the book. Thye would read it out to each other. They both used it for school. I loved it!

Good starting point...3
Poetry in the schools is certainly facing some challenges right now. How to eat a Poem attempts to widen the poetic cannon, but fails short on several accounts. Many of the poems are seen in my literary texts, stale and boring. I was hoping for some really new, fresh poems, and on a few accounts I did. The thematic arrangement of the poems was quite enjoyable and it allowed many of the poems to converse with one another, and in so doing, inspired a number of creative writing exercises for my bag of tricks. Overall, I would recommend the book if you're willing to work with it and tweak it for classroom use.

excellent intro to poetry5
The poem selections are very good and the subject categories are very helpful as well.