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Around My Room
by William Jay Smith (Illustrator: Erik Blegvad)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2000-03-08)
ISBN: 0374304068
EAN: 9780374304065
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 32 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: 05733
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Almost like new, minor edge wear, scuffs on dust jacket.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
William Jay Smith has gathered in this volume twenty-nine of his poems that have a special appeal for small children. Such all-time favorites as "The Toaster," "People," "Polar Bear," and "Seal" are here, together with a number of new and uncollected pieces. All are delightfully illustrated by Erik Blegvad. In this winning collaboration, pictures and poems alike demonstrate the enduring wit and charm of two masters whose work has charmed and amused young readers for over four decades.
Poetry for first readers
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Amazon.com Review
William Jay Smith certainly knows his way around a poem. In this collection, he gathers old and new favorites, and is joined by the talented artist Erik Blegvad to make a poetry compilation sure to tickle anyone's fancy. Couplet and limerick, nonsense and cleverness, short and long... every verse is sheer enchantment. Here's "The Toaster:" A silver-scaled Dragon with jaws flaming red
Sits at my elbow and toasts my bread.
I hand him fat slices, and then, one by one,
He hands them back when he sees they are done.
Poets and nonpoets alike will be hard-pressed to resist Smith's "Fat-Cat Circus," or any of his 28 other verses in this anthology. His children's poems have appeared in many publications over the decades, and he has won numerous awards for his adult and children's poems. Erik Blegvad has illustrated over 100 books for Charlotte Zolotow, Judith Viorst, Mary Norton, and many others. (Ages 4 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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