Under the Sun and the Moon: And Other Poems

by Margaret Wise Brown

Book Overview

A collection of previously unpublished poems, including "Apple Trees", "From a Hornet's Nest", and "I Dreamed of a Horse".

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156282354X
• ISBN13: 9781562823542
• Release Date: January 1900
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

Beyond Goodnight Moon

Why isn't this book better known? It's too bad that sweet, quiet, and enduring books like this one often get overlooked for flashier but less nourishing fare. Margaret Wise Brown's poetry makes little immediate impact--and this is its secret strength. She wrote things meant to deepen over repeated readings rather than something that would impress at first but quickly become stale. Not much children's literature can stand up to being ready hundreds of times, but Brown's really does. The simple and artfully repetitive poems are best appreciated by someone, like me, who has read this book aloud many times to a child.The greatest strength of the book, however, may be the gentle yet visually fascinating illustrations by Tom Leonard. who himself deserves more attention. His series of illustrations of animals and landscapes creates a world for Brown's poetry to inhabit. Leonard does a wonderful job of interpreting Brown's often spare literary style, evoking mood and sometimes filling in as storyteller.