Author: DE REGNIERS, BEATRICE SCHENK, EVA MOORE ET AL
Title: Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems
Description: New York: Scholastic, Inc, 1988. First Edition Thus. First Printing; Hard cover. ISBN: 0590406450. Color Illustrations; 8 1/4 x 11; 142 pages; Hard cover has glazed boards, burgundy cloth spine with gold lettering. Boards have slight rubbing. DJ has light rubbing, scuffing, and slight fraying at top of spine; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight. Lavishly illustrated by 9 Caldecott Medal winning artists. Even if there were no wonderful poetry in this book (and there is) , it would stand on its own as a stunning tribute to children's illustration. Nine Caldecott medalists are represented here, including Maurice Sendak, Arnold Lobel, and Leo and Diane Dillon. This meaty selection of more than 100 poems includes many old favorites such as "The Gingerbread Man" by Rowena Bennett and poems by A. A. Milne and e. E. Cummings, as well as limericks, humorous verse, and contributions from many cultures. Each section of poems--grouped by themes ranging from "Spooky Poems" to "Mostly Nonsense"--is illustrated by a different artist. You'll find biographical notes about the illustrators and indexes to the poems by title, first line, and author. Any collector of beautiful children's books--young or not so young--will sing a song of glee while leafing through this excellent collection. " Indices.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 0590406450 Poetry; Juvenile Poetry; Juvenile Picture Books; Children's Literature Poetry Anthology; Illustrators; Award Winning Illustrators; Caldecott Award Winner; Women Artists; Juvenile Women/Womens' History Fiction Cultural History Education World Hi