This translation of Platero and I is the only "complete" translation into English of the Spanish Classic. It is also the most Spanish! This refers to the paperback edition.

This is a beautiful little book by a Nobel Prize Winner of Literature that is too often neglected, Juan Ramon Jimenez.

Only Jimenez could make the blood of a leach in a stream of water into beautiful imagery. Children read this book as part of their curriculum in Argentina, however, this book can be equally enjoyed and appreciated by adults.

The story is a simple one: it is a first person (semi-autobiographical) account of a poet and his donkey in the mountains of Spain, appreciating, almost Zen-like, the simple beauties of life. The elements, children playing, leaches bleeding in a pool, everything seems beautiful in this book, and the descriptions are exquisite.

This is probably the best introduction to Jimenez, a book not to be missed!

Platero y yo es un libro tierno y sencillo que cuenta la relacion de un borrico y su amo. Yo lo recomiendo a todo aquel que quiera aprender espanol con esta pequena historia llena de poesia.

I had to read a Children's poetry book for one of my college classes to review. I was really pleased with this book. It is well written (and quite a variety - 55 poems total)...and it can keep a variety of ages' interest. The poems deal with events or things that children wonder about or experience while growing up... It's cute!

I stumbled across this book when I was going through an oldbox, and I sat down and read it. It brought back memories of when Iwas a child. I thinks it's a lovely poetry book for children, and if you want memories of child hood after you've grown up.

I love this book, and I love owls. There's a wide variety of poems in here, from the silly to the haunting.

Any AgeI think this is a great book! Owls are a great subject for poetry! Like owls, the poems are so beautiful! Let me tell you, I love poetry, and I know great poetry when I see it!

I have enjoyed many of Mrya Livingston poems, this one A Circle of Seasons takes you on a wondrous journey into the changing of the seasons throug a thirteen stanza poem. It gave me new insight to the seasons. A must read for any peotry lover. I highly recommend all her books, especially this one and Sky Songs.

It's sad to see this out of print...this is truly one of the best books about dogs and poems I have ever seen. I would recommend this to anyone.

This book has poems wich you can dedicate to some one you like. I especially like "Read see that me". I like to share that poem with friends because I like to wach them figure it out. At the same time it has a message for them wich is a verry special way to build a friendship.There are other poems I like, but this book has inspired to do one of my own.

This book is a wonderful way to introduce children to all styles of poetry. Some of the poems are funny, some are mysterious, and many of them have nature themes. Although not all children will relate to all the poems, everyone will relate to some of them. As a teacher, I would love to have this book in my classroom to provide examples and inspire students to write their own poetry using different styles.

Myra Cohn Livingston has once again compiled an anthology of terrific poetry. Here she has also filled a great need. This seemingly modest volume contains poems that speak to various well-known (and more obscure) Jewish holidays, providing both fine poetry and the emotion attendant to these centuries-old celebrations.

This book should not only be in every Jewish household, but also in the homes of all those who value spirituality of any denomination.

I love this book of poetry and it describes the way i feel about the sky

I absoulutely love this book! I love the sky and i have a personal collection of sounds and colors in my own journal. Myra uses images of the sky and describes it in unique ways that i love. I recommend this book for children and adults of all ages!

"Forms what affirms" according to the slyly alliterative phrase of my favorite poet, James Merrill; he was a master of allowing the formal anchor to support powerful and multi-layered lyricism. In the hands of a superb craftsman such as Merrill, one sees new dynamism in poetic forms.

But, I've always wondered at the role of form in teaching poetry. This year I had the unusual opportunity to teach writing to 6th graders. I purchased Myra Cohn Livingston's book as an assist to my planning for an extensive poetry unit. I'm still not entirely sure what to make of it.

I have often worried that an emphasis on 'clever' forms such as "name" or "shape" poems distorts younger students' sense of what poetry is or can be. I feel that I spent quite a bit of this past year nudging this or that young poet to move beyond the poem shaped like a football to the one which captured, in its words, their delight with the game. Form became a wall blocking the view of things more important. But I must say that I wouldn't join those who would abandon form. And my students often took such delight in these previously-learned approaches that I could hardly wish to diminish their enthusiasm.

Subtitled "Ways to begin writing poetry", I expected this book would provide exercises and the like which ignite or launch a writing process. In a sense it does this. But the ignition is apparently intended to be that of a given form. Having looked at, e.g., elements of "sound" in poetry, a student might launch by trying to create a poem emphasizing alliteration. Limericks, haiku, cinquains and the other specific forms receive similar treatment.

In another way I was somewhat confused about the book's stance - in this case regarding its own audience. If it wasn't to be a collection of entry points for teachers, I thought that it would be a book written for my students to read or browse. Instead, it is a collection of essays about voice and form which a teacher or an older student poet will benefit from reading. Its certainly not aimed at the reading level of my younger poets and poetesses.

Livingston's writing is crisp and engaging and the book is a pleasure to read. I would be comfortable handing it to a 14-year-old poet as a self-teaching tool but ended up satisfied with its role in my teaching and thinking about poetry. As one who does not take too fondly to taxonomies of poetic form, technical treatises and the like, I found it to be exactly at my level in many ways.... just not what I expected.

This book is a must if you are learning or teaching poetry. It shows how you can make fabulous poems that are not the least bit boring! It explains everything well and gives lots of examples. after reading this book, you could probably become a proffesional poet. And it is great for teachers to use in teaching!