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Stories and poems for extremely intelligent children of all ages / selected by Harold Bloom.

Summary:

The nation's most celebrated literary critic introduces children to the exciting world of literature through this collection of great stories by Hans Christian Andersen, William Blake, O. Henry, Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, and others.

Record details

ISBN: 0684868733
ISBN: 9780684868738
Physical Description: 573 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Scribner, [2001]
Copyright: ©2001

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Spring: Human seasons / Keats -- Song of the four winds / T.L. Peacock -- Wind and the rain / Shakespeare -- Ass eating thistles / Aesop -- Crazy tals / G.K. Chesterton -- How the rhinoceros got his skin / Kipling -- Message of the March wind / W. Morris -- A musical instrument / E.B. Browning -- Little birds of the night / S. Crane -- There was a child went forth / W. Whitman -- Reflections / L. Hearn -- Owl and the pussy cat / E. Lear -- Old May song / Anin. -- Home no more home to me / R.L. Stevenson -- Fairies / W. Allingham -- Green grass -- Beautiful soup so rich and green / L. Carroll --Gay go up and gay go down -- Here we come a piping -- Hey nonny no -- I had a little nut tree -- Lincolnshire poacher -- Complements / E. Zola.