All the Small Poems and Fourteen More [Paperback]

All the Small Poems and Fourteen Moregathers all four of Valerie Worths small poetry childrens books and includes the original illustrations by Natalie Babbitt, the award-winning writer/artist ofTuck Everlasting.

Inspired by her love of nature, Valerie Worths wondrous verse about animals, plants, and other everyday objects presents a perfect perspective of the world through a childs eyes.

This volume includesSmall Poems,More Small Poems,Still More Small Poems, andSmall Poems Again.

Valerie Worth(1933-1994) grew up in Pennsylvania and Florida, and lived for a year in India. She met Natalie Babbitt at Kirkland College, and Babbitt illustrated four volumes of her poems, which were collected inAll the Small Poems and Fourteen More. The National Council of Teachers of English honored Worth with its Poetry Award for Excellence, which acknowledges a body of work.

A gifted artist and writer,Natalie Babbitt(1932-2016) is the award-winning author of many classic stories, includingTuck Everlasting,The Eyes of the Amaryllis, and the Newbury Honor BookKneeknock Rise, among many other brilliantly original books for young people.

Every bit as worth as their predecessors. The Horn Book

A virtual catalog of brief meditations on little earthly wonders-from Amoeba to Zinnias -rendered in characteristically simple yet exquisitely language and though. Voice of Youth Advocates

Ms. Worth brilliantly employs all aspects of the poet's craft...Like haiku, her poems are written in the present tense of one thing keenly observed, inviting readers to complete the picture. Myra Cohn Livingston, The New York Times Book Review

Valerie Worth's small, solid poems are consistently accessible but never condescending or compromising...The observations are sharp, matter-of-fact, fresh but unforced, and Natalie Babbitt's pl]