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A Child's Book of Poems

by Fujikawa, Gyo

Illustrated by Fujikawa

Featuring two hundred classic poems, from the fantastic flying-shoe voyage of "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" to the peacefulness of "The Friendly Cow," the humor of "The Crocodile" to the frolicking of "The Fairies," this book contains poems by such writers as Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Louis Stevenson, and more. Artist Gyo Fujikawa's full-color and black-and-white illustrations will delight readers of all ages and add to the thrill of reading these classic children's poems.

Publication Date
1969
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Reading level
Early Elementary, Upper Elementary
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None

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Format
Anthology

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