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The Death of the Hat: a Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects

The Death of the Hat: a Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects( 1 customer ratings | )
Author: Janeczko, Paul B.
Illustrator: Raschka, Chris
ISBN:978-0-7636-6963-8
Publication Date:Mar 2015
Publisher:Candlewick Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $24.99
Book Description:

A celebrated duo reunites for a look at poems through history inspired by objects--earthly and celestial--reflecting the time in which each poet lived. A book-eating moth in the early Middle Ages. A peach blossom during the Renaissance. A haunted palace in the Victorian era. A lament for the hat in contemporary times. Poetry has been a living form of artistic expression for thousands of years, and throughout that time poets have found inspiration in everything from...
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Book Details
Pages:80
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):25.781 x 25.73 x 1.245 cm
Book Weight:0.654 Kilograms
Author Biography
Janeczko, Paul B. (Author)
Paul Bryan Janeczko was born in Passaic, New Jersey on July 27, 1945. He received a bachelor's degree in English from St. Francis College in 1967 and a master's degree in English from John Carroll University in 1970. While teaching public high school, he created his own poetry anthology to use in his classes. He retired from teaching in 1990 after 22 years.

He became a poet and anthologist best known for his poetry anthologies for children. From the 1980s through the early 2000s, he was the compiler for several anthologies including Pocket Poems: Selected for a Journey, I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You: A Book of Her Poems and His Poems Collected in Pairs, and A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms. He wrote several poetry collections including The Crystal Image, Requiem, Worlds Afire, and The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-to Poems. His novel, Bridges to Cross, was published 1986. He died on February 19, 2019 at the age of 73.

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