"The surrealistic illustrations, which appear to be rendered in pastels, are appealing; the soft edges and warm tones work well with Sandburg's imaginery."-- "SLJ

. "The full-color illustrations are nothing short of breathtaking."-- "Parents

. ."..displays the range of everyday topics in which Sandburg found beauty, humor, or pathos....Unfamiliar words are helpfully defined in footnotes...and an introductory biographical essay establishes a context for the poems. Arcella makes a grand debut; his intensely colored sculptural forms, carved from dramatic shadows, have a distinctly '30s look to them...."-- "Kirkus Reviews

. 48 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.

 

This book is part of a book series called Poetry For Young People .

This book is aimed at the following children: primary school, secondary school .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Sterling Juvenile .

Steven Arcella received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Cooper Union in 1989. He currently lives and works in Nyack, New York. Kate Benzel, PhD, is a Carl Sandburg scholar and professor emerita at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she is currently transcribing and annotating Sandburg's early unpublished notebooks.