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Papa Is a Poet : A Story about Robert Frost by Natalie S. Bober (2013, Picture Book)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHolt & Company, Henry

ISBN-100805094075

ISBN-139780805094077

eBay Product ID (ePID)159772961

Product Key Features

Book TitlePapa Is a Poet : a Story about Robert Frost

Number of Pages40 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBiography & Autobiography / Literary

Publication Year2013

IllustratorYes, Gibbon, Rebecca

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorNatalie S. Bober

FormatPicture Book

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Item Length8.7 in

Item Width11.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

ReviewsGibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil, and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book., A Restless Spirit : "Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher." - School Library Journal Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way : "Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text." - School Library Journal "The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." - Publishers Weekly Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Celebritrees : "Gibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil,and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book." - Booklist, Photos, quotations, a short bibliography, and a dozen of Frost's poems are appended. Charming, detailed folk-art-style watercolor paintings add to the appeal of this readable introduction to a great American poet., "Frost's poems are smoothly interspersed throughout the story, as well as collected at the end of this contemplative tribute."-- Publishers Weekly "Photos, quotations, a short bibliography, and a dozen of Frost's poems are appended. Charming, detailed folk-art-style watercolor paintings add to the appeal of this readable introduction to a great American poet." -- School Library Journal "A likable introduction to Frost as a father, farmer and poet who took the road "less traveled" from the engaging perspective of his oldest daughter." -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for A Restless Spirit : "Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher. She stresses Frost's determination and Yankee spirit, but also gives glimpses of his darker side-the anger, the depression, the suicidal bent. The clear and straightforward text is interwoven with poetry." - School Library Journal Praise for Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way : "Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text." - School Library Journal "The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." - Publishers Weekly Praise for Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Celebritrees : "Gibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil, and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book." - Booklist, The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style., Frost's poems are smoothly interspersed throughout the story, as well as collected at the end of this contemplative tribute., "Photos, quotations, a short bibliography, and a dozen of Frost's poems are appended. Charming, detailed folk-art-style watercolor paintings add to the appeal of this readable introduction to a great American poet." -- School Library Journal "A likable introduction to Frost as a father, farmer and poet who took the road "less traveled" from the engaging perspective of his oldest daughter." -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for A Restless Spirit : "Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher. She stresses Frost's determination and Yankee spirit, but also gives glimpses of his darker side-the anger, the depression, the suicidal bent. The clear and straightforward text is interwoven with poetry." - School Library Journal Praise for Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way : "Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text." - School Library Journal "The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." - Publishers Weekly Praise for Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Celebritrees : "Gibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil, and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book." - Booklist, "A likable introduction to Frost as a father, farmer and poet who took the road "less traveled" from the engaging perspective of his oldest daughter." -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for A Restless Spirit : "Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher. She stresses Frost's determination and Yankee spirit, but also gives glimpses of his darker side-the anger, the depression, the suicidal bent. The clear and straightforward text is interwoven with poetry." - School Library Journal Praise for Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way : "Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text." - School Library Journal "The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." - Publishers Weekly Praise for Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Celebritrees : "Gibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil, and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book." - Booklist , Praise for A Restless Spirit : "Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher. She stresses Frost's determination and Yankee spirit, but also gives glimpses of his darker side-the anger, the depression, the suicidal bent. The clear and straightforward text is interwoven with poetry." - School Library Journal Praise for Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way : "Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text." - School Library Journal "The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." - Publishers Weekly Praise for Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Celebritrees : "Gibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil, and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book." - Booklist, A likable introduction to Frost as a father, farmer and poet who took the road "less traveled" from the engaging perspective of his oldest daughter., A Restless Spirit : "Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher." - School Library Journal Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way : "Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text." - School Library Journal "The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." - Publishers Weekly Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Celebritrees : "Gibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil,and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book." - Booklist, A Restless Spirit : "Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher." - School Library Journal Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way : "Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text." - School Library Journal "The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." - Publishers Weekly Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Celebritrees : "Gibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil,and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book." - Booklist, "Frost's poems are smoothly interspersed throughout the story, as well as collected at the end of this contemplative tribute." -- Publishers Weekly "Photos, quotations, a short bibliography, and a dozen of Frost's poems are appended. Charming, detailed folk-art-style watercolor paintings add to the appeal of this readable introduction to a great American poet." -- School Library Journal "A likable introduction to Frost as a father, farmer and poet who took the road "less traveled" from the engaging perspective of his oldest daughter." -- Kirkus Reviews "Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher. She stresses Frost's determination and Yankee spirit, but also gives glimpses of his darker side--the anger, the depression, the suicidal bent. The clear and straightforward text is interwoven with poetry." -- School Library Journal on A Restless Spirit "Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text." -- School Library Journal on Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way "The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." -- Publishers Weekly on Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way "Gibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil, and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book." -- Booklist on Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Celebritrees, Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text., Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher. She stresses Frost's determination and Yankee spirit, but also gives glimpses of his darker side--the anger, the depression, the suicidal bent. The clear and straightforward text is interwoven with poetry., Praise for A Restless Spirit : "Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher. She stresses Frost's determination and Yankee spirit, but also gives glimpses of his darker side-the anger, the depression, the suicidal bent. The clear and straightforward text is interwoven with poetry." - School Library Journal Praise for Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way : "Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text." - School Library Journal "The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." - Publishers Weekly Praise for Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Celebritrees : "Gibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil, and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book." - Booklist

Grade FromPreschool

Grade ToThird Grade

SynopsisWhen Robert Frost was a child, his family thought he would grow up to be a baseball player. Instead, he became a poet. His life on a farm in New Hampshire inspired him to write "poetry that talked," and today he is famous for his vivid descriptions of the rural life he loved so much. There was a time, though, when Frost had to struggle to get his poetry published. Told from the point of view of Lesley, Robert Frost's oldest daughter, this is the story of how a lover of language found his voice., Papa Is a Poet: is a picture book about the famous American poet Robert Frost, imagined through the eyes of his daughter Lesley. When Robert Frost was a child, his family thought he would grow up to be a baseball player. Instead, he became a poet. His life on a farm in New Hampshire inspired him to write "poetry that talked," and today he is famous for his vivid descriptions of the rural life he loved so much. There was a time, though, when Frost had to struggle to get his poetry published. Told from the point of view of Lesley, Robert Frost's oldest daughter, this is the story of how a lover of language found his voice., Papa Is a Poet: is a picture book about the famous American poet Robert Frost, imagined through the eyes of his daughter Lesley. When Robert Frost was a child, his family thought he would grow up to be a baseball player. Instead, he became a poet. His life on a farm in New Hampshire inspired him to write poetry that talked, and today he is famous for his vivid descriptions of the rural life he loved so much. There was a time, though, when Frost had to struggle to get his poetry published. Told from the point of view of Lesley, Robert Frost's oldest daughter, this is the story of how a lover of language found his voice.