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When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
By Whitman, Walt & Long, Loren
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68986-397-4
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2004
Gr 2-4 Long has taken a portion of Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" and used it as a text for a picture-book story. His lush, realistic, single- and double-page paintings illuminate the tale of a boy who is taken to an academic lecture, becomes bored, and walks out alone to look at the night sky. Line drawings by Long's two sons accompany the text of the poem: "When I h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
