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And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone
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4 out of 5
Based on 51 Ratings and 13 Reviews

Book Description
Do your ears hang low,
Do they wobble to and fro?

If they do, you may be a folk poet! From autograph rhymes to street rhymes, from riddles to nonsense rhymes, folk poetry celebrates the vitality and originality of everyday language.

Birdie, birdie, in the Sky,
Why'd you do that in my eye?

Compiled by renowned folklorist Alvin Schwartz and illustrated with antic humor by Sue Truesdel... More

Book Information
PublisherHarperTrophy
BindingPaperback (7 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages195
ISBN-100064462145
ISBN-13978-0064462143
Publication Date05/1999
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About Alvin Schwartz (Author) : Alvin Schwartz is a published author, compiler, editor, illustrator, and a photographer of children's books. Some of the published credits of Alvin Schwartz include Witcracks: jokes and jests from Ame... more
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About Sue Truesdell (Illustrator) : Sue Truesdell is a published author, illustrator, and a photographer of children's books. Some of the published credits of Sue Truesdell include Chicken Said, Cluck (My First I Can Read Book).
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