A Song About Myself

by John Keats

2021-01-20 12:25:08

Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka brings John Keats’s words to whimsical life in the poet’s only work written for children.He was a naughty boy,A naughty boy was he,He would not stop at home,He could not quiet be.English poet John Keats is... Read more
Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka brings John Keats’s words to whimsical life in the poet’s only work written for children.

He was a naughty boy,
A naughty boy was he,
He would not stop at home,
He could not quiet be.


English poet John Keats is remembered for his great odes and sonnets — making this lighthearted, little-known poem a special treat. As written in a letter to his young sister when he was feeling homesick on a visit to Scotland, Keats runs his rhymes up and down and all around, leading the reader on a playful chase in and out of language and meaning while caricaturing both himself and what it means to be an aspiring poet. In perfect synchrony, the celebrated Chris Raschka illustrates Keats’s droll words with his signature vibrant, energetic watercolors. Less

Book Details

File size7.30(w)x11.70(h)x0.40(d)
Print pages40
PublisherCandlewick Press
Publication date March 14, 2017
ISBN9780763650902
Author
John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelle...

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