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