Over the River and Through the Wood
Kilcup, Karen L. (Professor of American Literature and Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) / Sorby, Angela (Associate Professor, Marquette University)
Offers readers a view of the quality and diversity of nineteenth-century American children's poetry. Complemented by period illustrations, this collection includes work by poets from all geographical regions, as well as rarely seen poems by immigrant and ethnic writers and by children themselves.