Description: Favorite Poems Old and New - Selected for boys and girlsCurated by the former editor-in-chief of the Junior Literary Guild, Helen FerrisIllustrated by award-winning illustrator, Leonard Weisgard "An outstanding collection of poems old and new by the great poets of the past and of today, all beloved by young readers and collected for this book by the former editor-in-chief of the Junior Literary Guild." Contains - Over 700 poems - Old favorites too often missing from modern anthologies - The best from contemporary poetry and the work of the great classic poets17 Sections (allows reader to browse or find a special poem for a special occasion) - Myself and I || My Family and I || My Almanac (1-3) - It's Fun to Play || Little Things that Creep and Crawl and Sometimes Fly (4-5) - Animal Pets and Otherwise || On the Way to Anywhere (6-7) - From the Good Earth Growing || Roundabout the Country Roundabout Town (8-9) - My Brother the Sun, My Sister the Moon, the Stars, and Mother Earth (10) - Bird-Watcher || People to Know, Friends to Make || Almost Any Time is Laughing Time (11-13) - My Fancy and I || Sign of My Nation, Great and Strong || From All the World to Me (14-16) - From the Family Scrapbook (17) DescriptionHardback book and dust jacket in great condition with light-moderate wear and signs of age.Dust jacket shows moderate wear to all corner tips. Light wear to top/bottom edges, but moderate wear at flyleaf folds. Scuffing at top of spine has removed some color. Age-discoloration shows around outer and inside cover edges.Book shows light wear to corner tips and gentle creasing at top/bottom spine edges. Some of the silver gilding at spine is starting to wear. Several soil spots to closed-page edge and light foxing to top closed-page edge. Pages otherwise appear clean and free of markings; binding sound. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS. NO RETURNS ACCEPTED.
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Book Title: Favorite Poems Old and New
Publisher: Doubleday
Item Length: 9.6 in
Intended Audience: Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1957
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Weisgard, Leonard
Item Height: 1.9 in
Author: Helen Ferris
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Topic: Classics, Readers / Beginner, Poetry (See Also Stories in Verse), Poetry / General
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 32.3 Oz
Item Width: 6.5 in
Number of Pages: 640 Pages
