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She also wrote short stories and poetry for Ladies Home Journal, Harper's and The New Yorker, among others. Aldis published 29 books, including a Beatrix Potter biography titled Nothing is Impossible. According to Joyce Kinkead in American Writers for Children, Aldis "was recognized as a major contributor to children's literature".
[5] [6] Vance's work is often compared to that of classic children's poets such as Shel Silverstein, blending light-hearted verse with imaginative illustrations. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Wholesalers for the book include Baker & Taylor Books, Follet Schools Solutions and Brodart.
The poem Tomten was written by Viktor Rydberg in 1881. In 1957, it was published in the children's magazine Klumpe Dumpe with illustrations by Harald Wiberg. At the time, Astrid Lindgren worked as an editor at the book publishing company Rabén & Sjögren. She wanted to publish the poem and the illustrations in a book form and tried to convince ...
Title Page of a 1916 US edition. A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. [2]
Another notable work of early children's poetry is John Bunyan's A Book for Boys and Girls, first published in 1686, and later abridged and re-published as Divine Emblems. [1] It consists of short poems about common, everyday subjects, each in rhyme, with a Christian moral. [5] Mother Goose riding
"Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" is a poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889. [citation needed] The original title was "Dutch Lullaby". The poem is a fantasy bed-time story about three children sailing and fishing among the stars from a boat which is a wooden shoe. The names suggest a sleepy ...
Winter Story (1980) – The biggest snowstorm in years leaves just enough snow for a party in a palace made entirely out of ice. The Secret Staircase (1983) – Primrose and Wilfred go up to the attic on their own to practice reciting the Mid-Winter Poem for an important performance.
The text of the poem reflects the thoughts of a lone wagon driver (the narrator), on the night of the winter solstice, "the darkest evening of the year", pausing at dusk in his travel to watch snow falling in the woods. It ends with him reminding himself that, despite the loveliness of the view, "I have promises to keep, / And miles to go ...