A Child's Introduction to Poetry: Listen While You Learn about the Magic Words That Have Moved Mountains, Won Battles and Made Us Laugh and Cry [With CD[ A CHILD'S INTRODUCTION TO POETRY: LISTEN WHILE YOU LEARN ABOUT THE MAGIC WORDS THAT HAVE MOVED MOUNTAINS, WON BATTLES AND MADE US LAUGH AND CRY [WITH CD ] by Driscoll, Michael (Author ) on May-06-2003 Hardcover Hardcover – 6 May 2003

A good way to start introducting poetry .. I gifted it to my friend's daughter ... she loves it!!!

Wow! I have been trying to introduce poetry to my boys since they were toddlers and the only feedback I ever received was blank stares - maybe it was my reading style. But, for some reason, they just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this CD. We listen to it in the car and fight over which poem we listen to first. Some of our favorites are The Pied Piper, Thomas' Do Not Go Gently into that Good Night, the limericks (I was a bit worried when it started with There was an old man from Nantucket. . . . - but it is actually the children's version, obviously) and Kit Marlowe's The Passionate Shepard to His Love. My 8 year old has several of the classics almost memorized.Our only complaint is the reading of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. It is somewhat flat and not at all as exciting as it could be.Nonetheless, it is a great, rich, collection of beautiful poetry that your kids will enjoy. It truly is one of our favorites.

The hardback quality of the book and jacket are very nice and the whimsical illustrations are lovely. I ordered 3 books in this series (poetry, Social studies ans art) as Christmas gifts for our daughter. It has been years since I studied poetry, my initial impression flipping through the book content is that daughter and I will be able to bond over the fun of learning and sharing poetry with this book. While there are similar books available to the art option in this series, this poetry book for children seems unique and engaging.

We love the book. We do poetry once a week in this book. My kids cant wait till the next time I read it. The way the author explains the different types of poem is so easy to understand and fun to follow along. He gives great examples. Its fun to dive deeper and look for more poems with the lessons or even try to make up our own poem!

Great choice of poems but the CD readings are boring for little kids