New York: Oxford University Press, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection, edited by children's author and poet Donald Hall, which features some of the best of children's book illustration over the past two centuries and more - including archival selections from rare and early editions and pictures from now defunct 19th and early 20th-century children's magazines. An anthology which "revives not only the classic poems but also the atmosphere of the periods in which they were written and read. Starting with anonymous Native American verses and a selection from the 1727 New England Primer, 'Alphabet,' this book spans two centuries of American children's poetry. Immediately recognizable names, including Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, and T. S. Eliot are joined by talented contemporary poets like Gwendolyn Brooks, Sandra Cisneros, Janet S. Wong, and others." The Bloomsbury Review called it a "collection of children's poems that was made to be shared. The editor has carefully selected 81 lovely poems that are representative of American literature, history, and culture.." Index of authors and of first lines. Slightly oversized square format. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-19514578.