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Book

Once upon a poem : favorite poems that tell stories

Call Number

  • J 808.11 O (CEN)

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Publication Information

London : Chicken House ; New York : Scholastic, 2004.

Physical Description

124 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Summary

Collection of stories told in verse.

Notes

"First published in the United Kingdom in 2004 by The Chicken House..."--Facing t.p.

Contents

  • Jim, who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion / Hilaire Belloc
  • Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll
  • Merlin and the snake's egg / Leslie Norris
  • The man from Snowy River / A.B. "Banjo" Paterson
  • A visit from St. Nicholas
  • Clement Clarke Moore
  • Brave Boy rap / Tony Mitton
  • The grateful dragon / Raymon Wilson
  • The highwayman / Alfred Noyes
  • The late passenger / C.S. Lewis
  • Goldilocks and the three bears / Roald Dahl
  • The cremation of Sam McGee / Robert Service
  • O what is that sound / W.H. Auden
  • The owl and the pussy-cat; and, The children of the owl and the pussy-cat / Edward Lear
  • Wynken, Blyken, and Nod / Eugene Field.

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