The Earth Is Painted Green: A Garden of Poems about Our Planet

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Celebrate our green planet -- Earth -- in this spirited collection of nearly one hundred poems by such award-winning writers as Margaret Wise Brown, X.J. Kennedy, Shel Silverstein, and Eve Merriam. With lush watercolor illustrations by S.D. Schindler, this book is sure to heighten any child's appreciation of the green world around us.

An illustrated collection of poems from around the world about various aspects of life on earth.

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Celebrate our green planet -- Earth -- in this spirited collection of nearly one hundred poems by such award-winning writers as Margaret Wise Brown, X.J. Kennedy, Shel Silverstein, and Eve Merriam. With lush watercolor illustrations by S.D. Schindler, this book is sure to heighten any child's appreciation of the green world around us.

An illustrated collection of poems from around the world about various aspects of life on earth.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
This ``garden'' of verse yields a bouquet of delights. Schindler ( Great-aunt Ida and Her Great Dane, Doc ), noted for his quirky depictions of animals and people, outdoes himself with his attentive renderings of insects and plants. Tulips and gingko leaves, poppies and pine trees, wintry maples and spring violets blossom in exquisite watercolors. Brenner groups her selections in eight parts--from ``Earth Green'' (poems about the ``magic and power of Earth's green things'') to ``Forever Green'' (poems about the ``perils to our environment'')--each with a short introduction. Poems vary in tone and topics from a haunting Paiute chant about the coming of spring to Roy Blount Jr.'s two-line joke about broccoli (which the grocer is out of, ``Loccoli''). In addition to easily anticipated choices from such poets as Eve Merriam, Jack Prelutsky, Myra Cohn Livingston and X. J. Kennedy, Brenner includes a host of newcomers, a work translated from the Serbo-Croatian and little-anthologized treasures from Carl Sandburg, Vachel Lindsay and Ted Hughes. Both editor and illustrator help the reader ``enter in / To the small silences between / The leaves'' and discover in the poetry of many cultures the ``beautiful and generous green Earth.'' All ages. (Mar.)
Children's Literature - Beverly Kobrin
Start out each day with a poem by X. J. Kennedy, David McCord, Edna St. Vincent Millay, or other poets extolling trees and other growing things in this garden of poems about our planet.
School Library Journal
Gr 3-6-It's not easy being green, but books that foster greater respect for and awareness of our world can make it a little less difficult. This garden of poetry celebrates the subtle and vibrant joy that can be found in every leaf, fruit, and vine. From masters such as Ciardi, McCord, Sandburg, and Merriam (and a host of others) come over 90 poems. Divided into nine sections, the verses bespeak the changing seasons, from the first buds of spring, to planting and harvesting time, to prayers of hope to keep the Earth ``forever green.'' Short, playful poems weave with longer, reflective odes expounding on the billowy whites of winter to the choke of murky pollution. Many of the selections rhyme; others speak softly in free verse, including several delicate Native American anthems. Lush watercolors, several of which span double-page spreads, greatly enhance the gentle realization of our natural treasures. A bordered and illustrated table of contents and index (title, author, first lines) bring the book full circle, making it a complete and accessible work. A likely companion to The Big Book for Our Planet (Dutton, 1993).-Sharon Korbeck, Milwaukee Public Library
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780590451345
  • Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
  • Publication date: 3/28/1994
  • Pages: 96
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Lexile: NPL (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 8.39 (w) x 11.19 (h) x 0.59 (d)

Table of Contents

Earth Green
I'm Glad ... 2
Earth Song 3
Green Stems 4
Oak Leaf Plate 5
I Don't Know Why 6
The Deep Green Forest 7
Green Song 8
To Look at Any Thing 9
First Green
First One Out of Bed 10
Fueled 11
Spring Talk 12
Directions 13
Silver Lining 13
Snowman 14
White Floating Clouds 15
Tree Green
Blow-up 16
Two Ancient Pine-Trees 17
Strange Tree 17
Be Different to Trees 18
The Moss 18
The Tempter 19
Sumac Whistle 19
Five Chants 20
Poplars 22
Evergreen 23
The Comb of Trees 24
Counting-out Rhyme 25
Tree-Sleeping 26
Planting Green
The Grass on the Mountain 28
Azalea 29
Grass 29
Green With Envy 30
On the Problem of Growing a Head of Lettuce in a Very Small Garden 30
Mushrooms 31
Weeds 32
Dandelion 32
Accidentally 33
Growing Green
The Song of a Dream 34
Is It Raining Up There 34
The Corn Grows Up 35
Nicely, Nicely 35
Yellow Weed 36
Tiger Lily 37
Poppies 37
Tulip 38
Flowers at Night 38
Blue Magic 39
Violets 39
Kudzu 40
Summer Green
The Garden Hose 41
The Waking 42
Strange Houses 43
Watermelon 43
A Gopher in the Garden 44
Song Against Broccoli 44
Potato 45
Nocturn Cabbage 45
The Man in the Onion Bed 46
Mushrooms Are Umbrellas 46
Millions of Strawberries 47
Mr. Bidery's Spidery Garden 48
Lawnmower 50
Poison Ivy 50
Harvest Green
Now in Late Autumn 51
Pumpkin 52
Acorn 53
Oh! I Ate Them All 53
Apple 53
Ladybug, Be Good 54
Harvest 55
Autumn Leaves 56
The Leaves Fall Down 56
Leaves 56
The Harvest Moon 57
Last Green
Yase: September 58
The Mist and All 59
First White Snow of Fall 59
Maple Sweet 61
The Tree on the Corner 62
Buds 62
Forever Green
Earth 63
To Nature Seekers 64
Hurt No Living Thing 64
Progress 65
And They Lived Happily Ever After for a While 66
The Flower-Fed Buffaloes 68
The Great Auk's Ghost 69
A Prayer for a Carpenter 69
Choose a Color 70
This Pretty Planet (A Round) 72
Valentine for Earth 73
Index of Autors 74
Index of Titles 76
Index of First Lines 78
Acknowledgments 80
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