Ivan's Great Fall

Poetry for Summer and Autumn from Great Poets and Writers of the Past

by Vanita Oelschlager

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Pub Date May 01 2009 | Archive Date Sep 16 2013

Description

Ivan's Great Fall is the story of a young boy reluctant to say goodbye to summer. Everything about summer makes him happy. "I love to rise in the summer morn / when the birds sing on every tree." Summer is endless days of play and nights full of stars. As summer turns to fall, he discovers autumn has a charm of its own. "I do like pumpkins / all carved to scare, / and Halloween, / and leaves in big piles / everywhere." Fall is friends and school, trees full of brilliant colors and a chill in the air.
Ivan's Great Fall introduces children to the poetry of Keats, Dickinson, Sandburg, Bronte and others. Excerpts from their writings, as seen through Ivan's eyes, will open up poetry as a way for children to express their own feelings about the changing of seasons. This book includes longer excerpts and brief bios of each author.

Ivan's Great Fall is the story of a young boy reluctant to say goodbye to summer. Everything about summer makes him happy. "I love to rise in the summer morn / when the birds sing on every tree."...

Advance Praise

Do you love summer, and do you hate when it's over? So does young Ivan, and he explains all the reasons why in, Ivan's Great Fall: Poetry for Summer and Autumn from Great Poets and Writers of the Past, by Vanita Oelschlager.

Ivan's Great Fall, is a creative children's poetry book about a young boy struggling to let go of a warm and carefree summer so he can embrace the leafy fall. Its pages serve a dual function; they introduce children to the poetry greats like Dickinson, Keats, Bronte and Sandburg, and they help children accept the changing of the seasons and the inevitable passage of time.

Author Vanita Oelschlager keeps the sentences short and child-friendly, and illustrator Kristin Blackwood uses deep, rich colors to lend the book an enthusiastic feel.

Oelschlager is Writer-in-Residence for the Literacy Program at the University of Akron. She has written several other books, including the widely acclaimed, My Grampy Can't Walk, the story of her wheelchair-bound husband Jim, and his relationship with his grandchildren.

For a great introduction to poetry and change, be sure to pick up a copy of Ivan's Great Fall.

Do you love summer, and do you hate when it's over? So does young Ivan, and he explains all the reasons why in, Ivan's Great Fall: Poetry for Summer and Autumn from Great Poets and Writers of...