The Earth Is Painted Green: A Garden of Poems About Our Planet
by Barbara Brenner
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An illustrated collection of poems from around the world about various aspects of life on earth.Tags
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I sure wish I had access to this book, aimed at tweens & families, in print. But I'm glad that I can at least read the archived copy on openlibrary.org. The art is amazing, and the poems are wonderful, and there will be a lot of them.
Already I have to interrupt my reading to come here to say that I esp. love the music of [a:Lillian Morrison|264560|Lillian Morrison|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s *Green Song* with alliteration, rhyme, rhythm, all just dancing.
For another poem, it helps to know that 'wake robin' is another name for trillium (an early flower of the temperate woodlands).
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Wonderful for all ages, including me, a 'senior citizen.' The art is terrific, the sections show more are themed, and all three indexes are included. Highly recommended, yes... especially if your library actually has it for you in paper. show less
Already I have to interrupt my reading to come here to say that I esp. love the music of [a:Lillian Morrison|264560|Lillian Morrison|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s *Green Song* with alliteration, rhyme, rhythm, all just dancing.
For another poem, it helps to know that 'wake robin' is another name for trillium (an early flower of the temperate woodlands).
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Wonderful for all ages, including me, a 'senior citizen.' The art is terrific, the sections show more are themed, and all three indexes are included. Highly recommended, yes... especially if your library actually has it for you in paper. show less
This book is a collection of poems from poets such as Shel Silverstein, Margaret Wise Brown, X.J. Kennedy, and Eve Merriam. It is all about the many wonderful things there are on this planet, and it is sure to spark students appreciation for this world. Water color illustrations add to the beauty of this text. I would recommend this book to 3rd-5th graders.
These poems would be good to use when talking about the earth and/or the environment. These can be used in any class, if read aloud, if students are expected to read them it would be best for third grade or on.
The book described about the green planets in the earth and how to apply this to our daily life.
very good - Katrina
Good source to pick and choose poems from, perhaps for read-alouds or group assignments.
Contains the violet poem among others.
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Barbara Brenner was born on June 26, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York. Brenner attended Seton Hall College and Rutgers University from 1942-46, while also working as a copy editor at Prudential Insurance Company. Her freelance work as an artist's agent prepared her for a literary life. In 1957 she published her first book, Somebody's Slippers, show more Somebody's Shoes. She followed this book with an educational picture book entitled Barto Takes the Subway, designed to improve reading comprehension and sight vocabulary. Her artistic development continued when she began to collaborate with her husband, illustrator Fred Brenner, on The Flying Patchwork Quilt. Her next book, On the Frontier with Mr. Audubon, was selected by School Library Journal as The Best of the Best among children's books published over 26 seasons. One of her bestselling titles was Wagon Wheels (published in 1978), which deals with the trials and tribulations of a close-knit African American family. In 1986, Brenner was honored with the Pennsylvania School Librarians' Association's Outstanding Pennsylvania Author Award. Brenner's most celebrated book is a collection entitled Voices: Poetry and Art from around the World, for which she was chief editor. This book received an ALA Notable Book for Children mention and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Poetry, Fiction and Literature
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- 808.81 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Literature Collections Collections of poetry
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- PN6109.97 .E27 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature German Poetry
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