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GtrsRGr8 · 02-23-2016, 06:30 PM

Amazon states that this book is appropriate for Preschool - 5.

Title: The Centaur.
Format: Pdf
Author(s): May Swenson.
Publisher: Utah State University Press.
Pages: 32.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): No ratings at Amazon; rated 4.00 (3) at GoodReads.
Price: $0.00.
Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available there: $12.57 (Used--"Very Good").
Book Description (Amazon):
Can it be there was only one
summer that I was ten?

First published in 1956, May Swenson’s "The Centaur" remains one of her most popular and most anthologized poems. This is its first appearance as a picture book for children. In images bright and brisk and tangible, the poet re-creates the joy of riding a stick horse through a small-town summer. We find ourselves, with her, straddling “a long limber horse with . . . a few leaves for a tail,” and pounding through the lovely dust along the path by the old canal. As her shape shifts from child to horse and back, we know exactly what she feels.

Sherry Meidell’s water-color illustrations perfectly convey the wit and beauty of May Swenson’s poem. These are playful, satisfying images full of vitality and imagination. Meidell handles the joy of poem’s fantasy and the joy of its occasional naughtiness with equal success.
Comments: I believe this to be a legal free download because is was posted in the digital commons collection of the publisher, Utah State University Press. Also, it is posted in the Creative Writing Commons.
URL: http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/vi...=usupress_pubs (direct link).

02-23-2016, 06:30 PM	#2
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Get a Pdf of May Swenson's The Centaur FREE! Lowest Price at Amazon Is $12.57. Amazon states that this book is appropriate for Preschool - 5. Title: *The Centaur. Format:* Pdf Author(s): May Swenson. Publisher: Utah State University Press. Pages: 32. Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): No ratings at Amazon; rated 4.00 (3) at GoodReads. Price: *$0.00. Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available there:* $12.57 (Used--"Very Good"). Book Description (Amazon): Can it be there was only one summer that I was ten? First published in 1956, May Swenson’s "The Centaur" remains one of her most popular and most anthologized poems. This is its first appearance as a picture book for children. In images bright and brisk and tangible, the poet re-creates the joy of riding a stick horse through a small-town summer. We find ourselves, with her, straddling “a long limber horse with . . . a few leaves for a tail,” and pounding through the lovely dust along the path by the old canal. As her shape shifts from child to horse and back, we know exactly what she feels. Sherry Meidell’s water-color illustrations perfectly convey the wit and beauty of May Swenson’s poem. These are playful, satisfying images full of vitality and imagination. Meidell handles the joy of poem’s fantasy and the joy of its occasional naughtiness with equal success. Comments: I believe this to be a legal free download because is was posted in the digital commons collection of the publisher, Utah State University Press. Also, it is posted in the Creative Writing Commons. URL: http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/vi...=usupress_pubs (direct link).