Poetry for Kids: Carl Sandburg

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Discover the poetry of Carl Sandburg in this installment of the Poetry for Kids series.Professor and scholar Kate Benzel has carefully chosen 35 poems of interest to children and their families, including Young Bullfrogs, Shenandoah, Jazz Fantasia, The Road and the End, Fog, and 30 more of Sandburg's favorite and most accessible works.Each poem is beautifully illustrated by the award-winning Robert Crawford. This gentle introduction includes commentary, definitions of key words, and an introduction to the poet's life.

Carl Sandburg was an American poet, biographer, and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes (two for his poetry). Three of his most famous volumes of poetry include Chicago Poems, Cornhuskers, and Smoke and Steel. His poems are accessible and incredibly visual.Kate Benzel, PhD, is a Carl Sandburg scholar and professor emerita at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she is currently transcribing and annotating Sandburg's early unpublished notebooks.Robert Crawford is an illustrator and fine artist living in the northwest hills of Connecticut. He works in his own unique style, which he says influenced is by magic realism and the regionalism of post-World War II artists like Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton.His work has been on the cover of major magazines, including Fortune, Business Week, The Atlantic and U.S. News and World Report, Newsweek and Rolling Stone. He has also illustrated four children's books, including T Is for Taj Mahal: An India Alphabet and The Legend of the Old Man of the Mountain.

'The poems are lively, vibrant and contemplative: full of alliteration and repetition, they are both entertaining and thought-provoking.' * The Guardian Best Books Guide 2017 * "This collection would be an excellent resource for poetry studies or as a feature during National Poetry Month." * School Library Connection * A 2018 Notable Poetry Book for Children * National Council of Teachers of English *