A collection of American poems written for children or traditionally enjoyed by children, by such authors as Longfellow, Poe, Eugene Field, Langston Hughes, Dr. Seuss, and Jack Prelutsky.
Tells the story of the Graves Family Dairy, whose three horses pulled the wagons delivering milk to families in the years before trucks and shopping centers replaced them.
In the fall of 1909, Lucy gets an early start on making Christmas presents for her family and friends, which they will open at the church's Christmas program.
Contains articles in which forty-three contemporary American poets discuss their art, including contributions from Alice Walker, Denise Levertov, Adrienne Rich, Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, and others.
Presents an illustrated anthology of American poems, arranged chronologically, from colonial alphabet rhymes to Native American cradle songs, to contemporary poems.