Ivy in Bloom: The Poetry of Spring from Great Poets and Writers from the Past

by Vanita Oelschlager

Ivy In Bloom captures the weariness of a young girl tired of a

long winter. ""I stare out the window,"" she says on the first spread of brown and gray, ""looking for birds or flowers / or even warm showers / but I don't see any such thing."" But then Spring comes when ""March is out of breath snow melting to flowery waters and watery flowers spring rose from its wintry rest."" And Ivy's ""heart dances with daffodils."" As these words also dance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0980016274
• ISBN13: 9780980016277
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Vanita Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A wonderful picturebook for parents and children to share during the advent of the spring season

Ivy in Bloom: The Poetry of Spring from Great Poets and Writers of the Past is a children's picturebook following a young girl, Ivy, as she celebrates the arrival of spring. After Ivy's introduction to the reader, the verses recount her adventures and joy through quoting selected passages from great poets and writers such as Dickinson, Whittier, Whitman and Milne. More detailed reproductions of their classic poems are present in the back of the book. Ivy in Bloom is distinguished by its striking original artwork, created through a blend of traditional block printing, flatbed scanning, and digital watercolor. A wonderful picturebook for parents and children to share during the advent of the spring season.