num_pages: 96
description: Introduce your child to the joy of exploring language and creative expression through delightful verses! Discover an irresistible collection of seventy lighthearted poems that will nourish the mind and soul! Features a wide variety of poets, including Lewis Carroll, Ogden Nash, and Marianne Moore.Focusing on popular verse from the nineteenth century through today , this anthology invites young readers to sample a taste of irresistible poems that will nourish their minds and spirits. Selected for both popularity and literary quality, seventy charming poems cover a wide range of subjects : poetry, books, words, and imagination; the beauty of the natural world; travel, adventure, sports, and play; love, friendship, sadness, hope, and other emotions. Chosen by the American Poetry &amp; Literacy Project and the Academy of American Poets, two of the nation's most respected nonprofit poetry organizations , these much-loved and highly readable poems promise young readers and poetry lovers of all ages hours of reading pleasure.    
language: English
title: How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers
titlecomplete: How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers (Dover Children's Classics)
genres: Fiction, Humor, Teaching, Classics, Young Adult, Childrens, Poetry
ratings_count: 169
publisher: Dover Publications