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Book Detail
Birches |
Publication Information
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Author: Frost, Robert |
Illustrator: Young, Ed |
Title: Birches |
Date: 1988 |
Publisher: Henry Holt |
City: New York, NY |
ISBN, paperback: |
ISBN, hardback: 0-8050-1316-4 |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
poetry
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading
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Summary: |
On each page Ed Young illustrates trees and forests and the countryside, in browns and sepia tones, and presents them along with several lines of Robert Frost's well-known poem, "Birches." The poem is printed in its entirety again on the last two pages. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Teachers may want to get multiple copies of this book, so that students can hold it in their hands and study it slowly. The illustrations are a terrific aid to comprehension, but because poetry is dense and because Frost is addressing regret and death in subtle ways, teachers will want to allow students time to mull over this book. It may work best with a group of GED students who are studying how to interpret language and understand inferences.
www.robertfrost.com; members.aol.com/KatharenaE/private/Pweek/Rfrost/rfrost.html |
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