The centaur / / May Swenson ; illustrated by Sherry Meidell.
Can it be there was only one summer that I was ten?First published in 1956, May Swenson's ""The Centaur"" remains one of her most popular and most anthologized poems. This is its first appearance as a picture book for children. In images bright and brisk and tangible, the po...
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (35 pages) :; illustrations. |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Can it be there was only one summer that I was ten?First published in 1956, May Swenson's ""The Centaur"" remains one of her most popular and most anthologized poems. This is its first appearance as a picture book for children. In images bright and brisk and tangible, the poet re-creates the joy of riding a stick horse through a small-town summer. We find ourselves, with her, straddling "a long limber horse with . . . a few leaves for a tail," and pounding through the lovely dust along the path by the old canal. As her shape shifts from child to horse and back, we know |
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| ISBN: | 1283250128 9786613250124 0874216729 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | May Swenson ; illustrated by Sherry Meidell. |