Collection edited by John Hollander, Illustrated bye Sally Wern Comport. Scholastic book. Collection of Poems related to American History.

There are 26 poems from different American poets. The introduction at the front of the book tells about the different poems and how the connect to America. Sally Comport does a great job in delivering the words into pictures. ( )

This is a great little collection of poems by various American poets. It gives a good taste of what each poet's style is like while celebrating America. ( )

Almost all of the 26 poems collected here are familiar classics, such as Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" and Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."

One of the collections from Poetry for Young People, this American history anthology contains 26 poems by some of the greatest writers and poets in America such as I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman, Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer, Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, Harlem Hopscotch by Maya Angelou and the Defence of Fort McHenry by Francis Scott Key that became our National Anthem.