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"Crocodile" (Russian: Крокодил) is a 1916-1917 fairy tale poem for children by Korney Chukovsky about a crocodile strolling along the streets of Petrograd (the contemporary name of St. Petersburg, Russia). It quickly became very popular, due to its utter nonsense, previously unseen in print, and skillful wordplay. [1] Chukovsky himself ...
Each poem has an illustration of the environment of which it describes and provides a sidebar of factual information about the animals mentioned in the poem. These poems are educational and fun for children because they are being provided with information about nature through art.
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The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
While he mostly focused on poetry for adults, Hughes wrote a book of poems called The Dream Keeper specifically for children. [1] Geisel at work on a drawing of the Grinch for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in 1957. Children's poetry in the mid-20th century was dominated by Theodor Geisel, otherwise known as Doctor Seuss. Dr.
The Night the Animals Talked is an animated children's Christmas television special, first shown on ABC television on December 9, 1970. It was repeated four times on ABC, in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1977. [1] The American/Italian co-production was based on a legend that all of the animals could talk at midnight, on the night that Jesus was born. [2]
Poem Film(s) The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace (1488), Blind Harry: Braveheart (1995) Aeneid (29–19 BC), Publius Vergilius Maro: The Avenger (1962) "Annabel Lee" (1850), Edgar Allan Poe: The Avenging Conscience (1914) Argonautica (3rd century BC), Apollonius Rhodius: Hercules (Italian: Le ...
The Blue Bird for Children (1913) [N 7], Georgette Leblanc: The Blue Bird (1918) The Blue Bird (1940) The Blue Bird (Russian: Синяя птица, Sinyaya Ptitsa) (1970) The Blue Bird (1976) Kiki and Lala's Blue Bird (キキとララの青い鳥, Kiki to Lala no Aoi Tori) (1989) Blue Bird (2012) The Book Thief (2005), Markus Zusak: The Book ...