Poetry for Kids: Walt Whitman [Hardcover]

A 2018 Notable Poetry Book for Children (National Council of Teachers of English)

Introduce your children to the beautiful words of classic American poet, Walt Whitman. Poetry for Kids: Walt Whitman makes the work engaging and easy to understand.

Walt Whitman is considered by many to be one of the mostprolific poets in American history. What better time to introduce your children to the written word than now?

This collection ofthirty-five of Walt's best workshas been carefullycurated for kids. Each piece of work is lovingly illustrated, and are both presented andexplained by New York University professor Karen Karbenier, PhD, a primary authority Whitman's poetry.

Walt Whitmanincludesenlightening commentary for each poem,definitions of key words, and a foreword by the expert so that kids, or even parents new to poems, will understand.

Starting off with I Hear America Singing, the collection includes excerpts from Song of Myself, O Captain! My Captain! , poems fromLeaves of Grass, and many more thought-provoking, descriptive, andkid-friendly selections.

Walt Whitman(1819-1892) was a celebrated American poet, chiefly known for his controversial and highly original poetry collectionLeaves of Grass. Born in 1819 on Long Island, he worked as a journalist, teacher, government clerk, and volunteer nurse during the Civil War. Whitman published his seminal work in 1855 with his own money, soon becoming one of the world’s most popular and influential poets. After suffering a stroke in 1873 he retired to Camden, New Jersey, where he died nineteen years later—just two months after the final edition ofLeaves of Grassappeared on sale.
 

Karen Karbieneris a Whitman scholar at New York University. She has published widely ls,