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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 811.3 EAN: 9780140558821 ISBN: 0140558829 Label: Puffin Manufacturer: Puffin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: October 01, 1996 Publisher: Puffin Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Puffin Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The classic American poem The Song of Hiawatha is developed into a tale covering the childhood of Hiawatha and telling the story of his early years, when he first learned the Native American way of life from his grandmother. Reprint. AB. SLJ. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Nice Presentation of Classic Poem"Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with drawings by Susan Jeffers brings us a great poem with nice pictures. "By the shores of Gitche Gumee," begins Longfellow's famous poem, "Song of Hiawatha." Presented here, stanza-by-stanza, we read the delicious language of Hiawatha's story, from birth to teenage years. It is not the legend of an American Indian that makes it so inviting, or even Longfellow's excellent use of simple English. It is the story of a young boy who ... Read More Rating:  - Always a joy! To be savored over and over!Hiawatha is a beautiful, richly detailed poem of Native Americans before the treahery of the white man overwhelmed their way of life. Susan Jeffers took each verse and created a breathtaking, artist's view of the young Hiawatha. Each verse becomes vibrantly alive with her delicate rendiions."By the shores of ..." and Nokomis fill the readers souls with new images because of the renderings made by the talented Susan Jeffers. Rating: - A captivating, emotional charge. Beautiful!Susan Jeffers' drawings exemplify the clarity and imagination of Longfellow's epic poem to a tee. A must have for every child's library, hopefully to be read over and over again. Rating: - A childhood classic comes aliveI have this poem memorized because my father recited it to me so many times as a child. This illustrated version has beautiful pictures that capture the fact that this is the story of child and embody the lyric quality of Longfellows poem. 
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