Papa Is a Poet: A Story about Robert Frost - Tapa dura

"Frost's poems are smoothly interspersed throughout the story, as well as collected at the end of this contemplative tribute." --Publishers Weekly

"Photos, quotations, a short bibliography, and a dozen of Frost's poems are appended. Charming, detailed folk-art-style watercolor paintings add to the appeal of this readable introduction to a great American poet." --School Library Journal

"A likable introduction to Frost as a father, farmer and poet who took the road "less traveled" from the engaging perspective of his oldest daughter." --Kirkus Reviews

"Bober successfully portrays the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner as a very human schoolboy, husband, father, farmer, and teacher. She stresses Frost's determination and Yankee spirit, but also gives glimpses of his darker side--the anger, the depression, the suicidal bent. The clear and straightforward text is interwoven with poetry." --School Library Journal on A Restless Spirit

"Excellent gouache and colored pencil illustrations, rendered in a lighthearted folk-art style, provide rich background for the brief text." --School Library Journal on Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way

"The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style." --Publishers Weekly on Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Elizabeth Leads the Way

"Gibbon's acrylic-ink, colored-pencil, and watercolor artwork creates an inviting look throughout the book." --Booklist on Rebecca Gibbon's illustrations in Celebritrees

When Robert Frost was a child, his family thought he would grow up to be a baseball player. Instead, he became a poet. His life on a farm in New Hampshire inspired him to write "poetry that talked," and today he is famous for his vivid descriptions of the rural life he loved so much. There was a time, though, when Frost had to struggle to get his poetry published. Told from the point of view of Lesley, Robert Frost's oldest daughter, this is the story of how a lover of language found his voice.