Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems (Reading Rainbow Books)

by Eloise Greenfield (Author) Leo And Diane Dillon (Illustrator)

Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems (Reading Rainbow Books)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

An ALA Notable Children's Book, Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems includes sixteen poems that tell of love and the simple joys of everyday life, seen through the eyes of a child: playing with a friend, skipping rope, riding on a train--or keeping Mama company till Daddy gets back.

Each of these sixteen "love poems" is spoken straight from the perspective of a child. Riding on a train, listening to music, playing with a friend...each poem elicits a new appreciation of the rich content of everyday life. The poems are accompanied by both portrait and panorama drawings that deepen the insights contained in the words.

This beloved book of poetry is a Reading Rainbow Selection and the winner of George C. Stone Center for Children's Books' Recognition of Merit Award.

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Review quotes

"Children will find many of their own feelings and experiences reflected in this marvelous collection." — "Y.C.""[Touches] the important aspects of a child's life, the people and things [a child] loves and laughs, cries, or wonders about . . . Fully imagined graphics [by the winners of the 1976 and 1977 Caldecott Medals]."— "B.L.""Abounds with that special tenderness surrounding the everyday experiences in a child's life. These poems beg to be read aloud."— "The Boston Globe
Eloise Greenfield

Eloise Greenfield is a celebrated poet and the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry and biography for children, including the Coretta Scott King Award winner Africa Dream, The Coretta Scott King Award Honor books Mary McLeod Bethune and Childtimes: A Three Generation Memoir, co-written with her mother. Greenfield is the recipient of the Hope S. Dean Award from the Foundation for Children's Literature, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She has received the Hurston/Wright Foundation's North Star Award for Lifetime Achievement, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Moonstone Celebration of Black Writing, and has an Honorary Doctor of Education Degree from Wheelock College in Boston. Greenfield has also been inducted into the International Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent. She lives in Washington, D.C.

George Ford is an award-winning artist who has illustrated dozens of children's books, including several by noted authors such as Nikki Grimes, Eloise Greenfield, Nikki Giovanni, and Robert Coles. In 1974, he was the recipient of the first Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for Ray Charles. A lifelong jazz enthusiast, Ford lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife.

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780064430975
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
M
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication date
May 23, 1986
Series
-
BISAC categories
JNF018010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JNF042000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
JNF053050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Emotions & Feelings
Library of Congress categories
African Americans
American poetry
Children's poetry, American
African American girls
George C. Stone Center for Children's Books
Recognition of Merit Award

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