Full name: And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone

Author: Alvin Schwartz Year: 1992 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Poetry Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780060227579 0060227575

Do your ears hang low, Do they wobble to and fro?If they do, you may be a folk poet! From autograph rhymes to street rhymes, from riddles to nonsense rhymes, folk poetry celebrates the vitality and originality of everyday language.Birdie, birdie, in the Sky, Why'd you do that in my eye? Compiled by renowned folklorist Alvin Schwartz and illustrated with antic humor by Sue Truesdell, here is a treasure trove of more than 250 folk poems to share with friends and family. It may even inspire you to create your own!Understand, rubberband? Notable Children's Books of 1993 (ALA) 1993 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book) 1992 Books for Youth Editors' Choices (BL) Children's Choices for 1993 (IRA/CBC) Children's Books of 1992 (Library of Congress) 100 Books for Reading and Sharing 1992 (NY Public Library) Bulletin Blue Ribbons 1992 (BCCB) 1993 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts (NCTE) 1993-4 Alabama Emphasis on Reading Award Similar books: The Complete Poems by Elizabeth Bishop Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost Crush by Richard Siken Citizen by Claudia Rankine Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell In My Head by J. M. Storm I Heard God Laughing by Hafiz Devotions by Mary Oliver Thirst by Mary Oliver Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver A Poet's Glossary by Edward Hirsch Counting Descent by Clint Smith Dead Man's Float by Jim Harrison Adam Robison and Other Poems by Adam Robinson Without by Donald Hall Winter Morning Walks by Ted Kooser Alma, or The Dead Women by Alice Notley Darkness Spoken by Ingeborg Bachmann No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay Gabriel by Edward Hirsch