Favorite Poems, Old and New: Selected for Boys and Girls

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Helen Josephine Ferris
Doubleday, 1957 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 598 pages
Over 700 classic and modern poems written by poets from William Shakespeare to J. R. R. Tolkien, Emily Dickinson to Langston Hughes, and covering a range of favorite topics—pets, playtime, family, nature, and nonsense—ensure that there’s a poem to please every child. A truly comprehensive collection that is the ideal way of introducing children to the joys of reading poetry.

Helen Ferris edited 17 books for young readers and was editor-in-chief of the Junior Literary Guild from 1929–1959.

Leonard Weisgard was one of the foremost illustrators in the children’s book field, with more than 200 books to his name.

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Margaret Wise Brown, who also wrote under the pseudonym of Golden MacDonald, published more than 100 books for children.
Leonard Weisgard illustrated more than 100 children's books.

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