Days to Celebrate: A Full Year of Poetry, People, Holidays, History, Fascinating Facts, and More | 誠品線上

Days to Celebrate: A Full Year of Poetry, People, Holidays, History, Fascinating Facts, and More

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內容簡介 In Days to Celebrate Lee Bennett Hopkins has collected an astounding array of information to show us that each day of the year gives us a reason to celebrate. For every month he has compiled a calendar of birthdays, holidays, historic events, inventions, world records, thrilling firsts, and more.And for every month he has selected surprising poems in honor of some of the people and events commemorated in the calendar. There are poems about the seasons and holidays, of course, but there are also poems about a "Flying-Man" (for February 4, Charles Lindbergh's birthday), birds (for April 26, John James Audubon's birthday), windshield wipers (patented November 10), and earmuffs (patented December 21).Beloved poets, such as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Christina Rossetti, are joined by new voices in sixty poems that take us on a remarkable journey through a year -- and through the years. Stephen Alcorn's illustrations, based on the style of art found in old almanacs, are airy, whimsical, and thought provoking. They perfectly match the breadth and depth of this volume.Brilliantly conceived and elegantly illustrated, Days to Celebrate is a book that pays tribute to the people, events, and poetry that make up our past and will inspire our future.

各界推薦

各界推薦 【94年7月好讀推薦】 按月份編排，從一月到十二月，每個月有哪些假日、哪些節日、哪些名人誕生去世，還有許多「歷史上的今天」──在某年的這一天發生的大事。但真正填補內容、使之超越「大事紀」的枯燥的，是大量與時令節日相關的詩，再搭配Stephen Alcorn的插畫。想來編輯的苦心，是要以色彩繽紛的編排，讓年輕讀者建立歷史感，又以詩歌來陶冶他們的心靈。

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