| From the moment the shiny new book
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| | and epic novelists like J. R. R. Tolkien.
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| arrived at my doorstep, I was excited to
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| | The best part of this collection is that
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| see what this incredible creation had in
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| | children can enjoy a rich education of
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| store for my son and for me. From the
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| | literature, learning about the beauty of
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| moment I cracked open the spine, I
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| | poetry and the written word while having
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| realized it delivers more than I had
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| | fun!The recordings on the audio CD add to
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| hoped it would.Poetry Speaks to Children
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| | the timelessness of poetry. Some of the
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| is a collection of poems and is
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| | poems were recorded for the first time
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| accompanied by an audio CD containing
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| | while creating the CD, thus resulting in
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| many poems from the book, with most being
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| | crisp and beautiful poetic rhythms spoken
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| read by the author. Even the famed Robert
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| | by the author. Other tracks from the CD
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| Frost's voice makes an appearance to read
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| | are from much older recordings, such as
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| his well known "Stopping by Woods on a
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| | the Robert Frost reading. The varied
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| Snowy Evening." Each poem of the book
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| | sounds of the CD add to the feel of old
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| with a matching track on the CD is marked
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| | and new merging together to make a
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| with the track number, making listening
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| | classic for the younger generation.
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| to your favorites quite easy.The first
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| | Although my son, a mere 2 years old,
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| thing I noticed about the book was the
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| | can't read the words, he can enjoy the
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| amazing illustrations by Judy Love, Wendy
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| | imaginative illustrations and the music
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| Rasmussen, and Paula Zinngrabe Wendland.
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| | of poetry when listening to the CD. It
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| These names may not mean much to most
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| | also allows parent and child to bond in a
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| readers, but after viewing the images of
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| | way a DVD or audio CD alone cannot.Poetry
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| imagination coming to life in full color
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| | Speaks to Children is the best choice for
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| on the pages of this book, it may give
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| | a new addition to any avid reader's
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| you pause enough to file these
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| | collection of poetry. Better still, it is
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| illustrators' names to memory. Each
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| | the perfect choice for introducing the
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| illustration captures the feel and
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| | beauty of poetry and the spoken word to
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| wonderment of the poems bound in Poetry
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| | anyone, of any culture, young and old.
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| Speaks to Children.The collection of
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| | Within the pages of the shiny, wonderful
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| poems, 95 in all, captures the diversity
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| | book, poetry speaks to everyone in the
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| of humanity, cultures, and inner thoughts
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| | family.Copyright (C) 2005, Rachael
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| and feelings. The poetry isn't just
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| | Towle.Rachael Towle is the owner of The
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| poetry; it is literature in its purest
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| | Parent Station, a parenting resource and
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| form. Poems from greats like Langston
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| | community. The Parent Station covers
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| Hughes, Lewis Carroll, and Rudyard
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| | parenting and topics of safety, leisure,
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| Kipling share space with historic
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| | and even the metaphysical.
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| playwrights such as William Shakespeare
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