# The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury

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- Book: [The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury](https://www.bookquiver.com/jack-prelutsky/the-20th-century-childrens-poetry-treasury) ([The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jack-prelutsky/the-20th-century-childrens-poetry-treasury.md))
- Authors: [Jack Prelutsky](https://www.bookquiver.com/jack-prelutsky), [Meilo So](https://www.bookquiver.com/meilo-so)
- Publisher: knopf_books_for_young_readers
- ISBN: 978-06-7989-314-1
- Pages: 96
- Published: 1999-09-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

" Until this century, most children's poetry was either syrupy sweet or overblown and didactic, and tended to talk down to its readers. Contemporary children's poets have thrown all that condescension and...