Poetry for Young People: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Poetry for Young People: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Reviews

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  Cheryl

  I do like this series. I learn the most interesting things even beyond what I would hope to. For example, Longfellow's very American, and very much interested in exploring the growing pains of our young country. And many lines and verses from his poems have been shared so often they're idioms, like lines from Shakespeare and Frost and a few others.
  
  One poem I discovered that I love is "Aftermath" as it just rolls out, when read aloud, like a song, with the intonations revealing the moods and perspectives of both participant & observer of the action of the poem. Think of Poe's "Raven" and how one naturally gives it the right amount of gravitas, melancholy, and passion as one reads it aloud, or Moore's "Night Before Christmas" which goes from serene to exciting to jolly to conclusive. "Aftermath" isn't quite that easy but it's lovely to me.
  
  In fact, many of his poems are musical enough that they were the ones that children used to memorize and then perform for the community. Hiawatha, Evangeline, Paul Revere, the Hesperus.... They're all his. One of his poems is even a Christmas carol "The Christmas Bells!"
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  The biography and illustrations are engaging and helpful, as always in this series. I think that if there's a good narrative bio of Longfellow I'd like to read it, too, as he seems like he had an interesting life w/out *too* much dysfunction or trauma.
  
  Recommended, of course.
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  Naomi

  Our poet for this first term of the year, we just read one poem each day. All my boys have found a couple poems in this volume that they connected with, which is always my goal. These editions are great for reading aloud, and the illustrations draw in the younger ones.
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  Ammie

  One of my favorite poets to date. ❤️
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  Tanya

  Later this summer I'll be visiting the Longfellow Museum in Portland, Maine, and in preparation I wanted to learn a little about him and read some of his poetry. Because I wanted to read a LITTLE about him, as opposed to a lot, I thought a children's collection would be an appropriate choice.
  
  This particular edition gave a nice introduction to the writer, sharing some of his best loved poems, including selections from "The Song of Hiawatha" and the ahistorical "Paul Revere's Ride." By far my favorite poem was "A Psalm of Life," where the phrase "leave behind us footprints on the sands of time" originates. I also enjoyed "The Children's Hour." This particular book is beautifully illustrated by Chad Wallace; his pictures would add so much to the poems for a young reader.
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  Connie

  I’m not sure this qualifies “for young people,” but it does have value for stretching children to a classical, more thoughtful poetry than that to which they are typically exposed.
  My favorites:
  The Wreck of the Hesperus (to which the “Incorrigible children” were often exposed by Penelope their teacher/governess)
  Christmas Bells (familiar, now lyrics to a Christmas carol)
  A Psalm of Life
  The Children’s Hour
  Paul Revere’s Ride
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  Tiffany Atwood

  I love this series - the poets, the selections, the illustrations are all fantastic and lovely. They are an integral part of our homeschool “morning time”, a wonderful way to introduce children to poets with a good sampling of their work. I do cherish Longfellow. His words and lines are gorgeous and often a balm to the soul.
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  Tandava Graham

  One of the better books in this series in terms of feeling more consistent and coherent about what it's meant to be.
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  Barbara Lovejoy

  What a delightful read! I had forgotten that Longfellow was the author of a number of my favorite poems.
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  Sally

  A nice illustrated selection of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poems. A few poems are only included in part so the children always wanted me to find the full text to read as well.
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  Joy Davenport

  Read over the course of two weeks to curate collection for 7th grade poetry project.
  
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  Holly

  Lately we have had a poetry book set up on a book stand on the breakfast table to read with the kids in the mornings, just to sneak a little "high brow" into our day. I think because it reminds me of my daddy, I love Longfellow. My kids, however, think I am off my NUT because my favorite Longfellow poem is The Wreck of the Hesperus. In fact, the "darkness" and death in so many of these poetry books for children has disturbed them, but we have had great discussions about how, until very recently, death and struggle were a normal part of daily life for most children everywhere and how in many parts of the world it still is this very day.
  
  Even though in my opinion the illustrations are sorely lacking in this series, the selections for the Longfellow book are a wonderful sampling of his body of work.
  
  If A Psalm of Life doesn't make you want to be a better person, then I don't know WHAT will inspire you. I re-read it this morning to the kids and I think we'll memorize it.
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  Kylie Hannula

  Poetry For Young People is such a great way to introduce poetry to children. With a strong variety of easy-to-read classic poems from selected writers and definitions on each page of "bigger" or difficult to understand words, it becomes a great read-a-loud or self-reader for almost all ages especially with the colorful and representative images.
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  Shelly♥

  We enjoyed reading some of Longfellow's work as part of our daily lessons. The illustrations were nice, and the selection was good, although some of his longer works (Paul Revere and Hiawatha) were only partially printed.
  
  Nice introduction to the author's work.
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  Theresa

  great collection of his poems with explaination and expert knowledge of the reasons, history and language used in his poems. Great pictures, good introduction to wadsworth poetry
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  Theresa

  a good selection of poems
  and information about the poems explaining them to children
  i love the way this series presents the poems with beautiful pictures and explianations
  
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  Nevada Libert

  I had to do this for my school poem readings, and I really loved this book! My favorite poem is The Arrow and The Song.
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  Emily

  reread