Favorite Poems Old and New

 "This book had its beginning years ago when two parents, loving poetry, made it as much a part of their children's every day as getting up in the morning, eating breakfast, going to school, playing outdoors until suppertime."   -Helen Ferris

    

Favorite Poems Old and New
Selected for Boys and Girls by Helen Ferris
illustrated by Leonard Weisgard 1957

Helen Farris' selections are grouped by different themes like "Roundabout the Country, Roundabout Town" and "People to Know, Friends to Make".  I appreciated that she even included poetry from other countries in the section "From All the World to Me".  As an extra treat the beginning of each section includes a line drawing by Leonard Weisgard.