Book of Rhymes
Book of Rhymes

Author: Adam Bradley

Publisher: Civitas Books

Published: 2017-06-27

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0465094414

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If asked to list the greatest innovators of modern American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z or Eminem in their number. And yet hip hop is the source of some of the most exciting developments in verse today. The media uproar in response to its controversial lyrical content has obscured hip hop's revolution of poetic craft and experience: Only in rap music can the beat of a song render poetic meter audible, allowing an MC's wordplay to move a club-full of eager listeners. Examining rap history's most memorable lyricists and their inimitable techniques, literary scholar Adam Bradley argues that we must understand rap as poetry or miss the vanguard of poetry today. Book of Rhymes explores America's least understood poets, unpacking their surprisingly complex craft, and according rap poetry the respect it deserves.

The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes
The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes

Author: Walter Jerrold

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1606600303

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An illustrated compilation of traditional nursery rhymes, including "Little Bo-peep," "Monday's Child," and "Jack and Jill."

The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

Author: Iona Opie

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2000-08-31

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780940322691

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First published in 1959, Iona and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Going outside the nursery, with its assortment of parent-approved entertainments, to observe and investigate the day-to-day creative intelligence and activities of children, the Opies bring to life the rites and rhymes, jokes and jeers, laws, games, and secret spells of what has been called "the greatest of savage tribes, and the only one which shows no signs of dying out."

Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes

Author: Roald Dahl

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 9780142414828

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Humorous retellings in verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

Father Fox's Pennyrhymes
Father Fox's Pennyrhymes

Author: Clyde Watson

Publisher: HarperColl

Published: 2001-08-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780060295028

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Life proclaimed this long-unavailable classic the "first authentically colloquial and breezily American nursery rhyme" when it was published in 1971. Now it is back for new generations to enjoy! All of Clyde Waterson's verses have what School Library Journal calls the "foot-stomping rhythm of an American square dance call." Some feel cozy and nostalgic; others are silly. Many evoke the pleasures of changing seasons. But they all keep readers and young listeners entertained, page after page. Wendy Watson's fully imagined and finely detailed pictures of the splendid fox family, at home and on joyous outings, will make children giggle. As The New York Times Book Reviewexplains, "Put it all together -- rhymes and pictures -- and the book is like a breath of fresh air."

Mother Goose
Mother Goose

Author: Eulalie Osgood Grover

Publisher:

Published: 1915

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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A collection of 108 illustrated Mother Goose rhymes.

Collected Rhymes and Verses
Collected Rhymes and Verses

Author: Walter De la Mare

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780571111572

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Complementing his Collected Poems, this volume gathers together all Walter de la Mare's poems for children. The book includes what, for the adult, are among his greatest pure lyrics. His descriptions of birds, beasts and natural phenomena are judged particularly sharp and accurate.

365 Bedtime Stories
365 Bedtime Stories

Author: Christine Allison

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2011-03-02

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0307755185

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Arranged as a lively journey through the year, 365 Bedtime Stories includes stories for every mood, occasion, and day of the year. There are stories celebrating the New Year, beginnings and second chances, myths about the arrival of spring, foolhardy stories for April, tales of independence for July, spooky tales for October nights, soothing tales for difficult days, tales of gratitude and thanksgiving, and miracles for the year end. Although each story is designed to be read aloud, the charming drawings and sidebars on storytelling that accompany them are likely to inspire both readers and listeners to add their own imaginative embellishments along the way. Designed for children from ages 2 to 10 years old, these entertaining stories are short enough (one-half to one-and-a-half pages long) to make it easy for readers to agree to the "just one more story" their listeners are sure to request.