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K-Gr 4 These 17 poems, all but one of which were chosen from Moore's previous collections, celebrate life in the city. The offerings describe the hush of a snowy morning, winter's early darkness, urban streets and store windows, kite flying in the park, forsythia blooming in spring, summer play, a bare-branched tree in fall, a bridge by day and night, and more. The poems appear on pages covered ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Few surpass Lilian Moore's genius at translating experience and observation into poetry for the very young. Here the late poet's abilities are handsomely showcased in a picture book collection of seventeen city poems (all but one previously published). Rich, vibrant oil paintings saturate the pages and feature a unifying presence of a child in a blue-and-red-striped jersey, or sometimes a scarf. Cheerful ye...Log In or Sign Up to Read More