<p>These enduring poems by American master poet Carl Sandburg are perfect for a young audience, and now they have been newly illustrated with bright, colorful double-page artwork. The poems and illustrations work together, following a group of children through a day of enjoying and participating in Sandburg's poetry, observing nature, solving riddles and playing. Young readers will respond to the pastoral themes.</p><p>Sandburg lived the last twenty-two years of his life on a farm called Connemara in North Carolina, with his three daughters, Margaret, Janet, and Helga, and his wife, Paula Steichen, who raised champion goats. Sandburg described Connemara as "240 acres and a million acres of sky" and would often take walks in the surrounding woods. The birds, animals, and natural world that surrounded him at the farm resonate throughout these poems. </p><p>A prior knowledge and love of poetry are not required to appreciate the wit and insight of Sandburg's work - though a love of poetry may well result!</p><p><b>Poems:</b><ul><li />Daybreak<li />Fog<li />Bluebird, What Do You Feed On?<li />Milk-White Moon, Put the Cows to Sleep<li />Spring<li />Try Being a Goat<li />White Wings<li />Bug Spots<li />Sleep Face<li />Good Night<li />Three Riddles:<ul><li />If You Ask Your Mother<li />There Was a Zebra<li />There Are 10 Apples</ul></ul></p><p>We have also included two of Sandburg's favorite poems:<ul><li />Bee! I'm expecting you!<br>by Emily Dickinson<li />The Horse Named Bill,<br>Lyrics by Red Lewis</ul></p>