This systematic approach makes this a very practical book to use. I guarantee that there are fun poems for every type of reader here, each one carefully categorized and indexed by the editor. One reviewer felt that this was a terrific book but the illustrations were a little boring. If illustrations are especially important to you, try the anthology below by the same editor. So's watercolors add excitement and color to the works, which represent the best poetic offerings of this century.
Poetry builds verbal skills by helping children look at communication and words in a fun, new way.
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