Matthew Barton has gifted us with the most sensitively
gathered collection of verse available in print. With
poems for children from toddlers to teenagers,
The Winding Road has beautiful verse for all interests,
ages, and situations. You simply can't do better than
to have a copy of this book at hand, ready for you to dip
into when looking for "just the right poem" to share with
your child -- I promise you, you'll find it.

Over 200 poems, from Gaelic Blessings to Navajo
prayers, from William Black to Eleanor Farjeon and
Billy Collins, on the following themes:

• The Clay that Shapes: Before Birth
• A Shock of Light: Birth
• Raining Double Blessings Down: Blessing,
  Naming and Baptism
  
• To Shine on Earth: A Young Child's Brithday
• Arise, Arise! Morning Verses with Young Children
• Bread Is a Lovely Thing to Eat: Graces
• Sleep's Unlatched Door: Evening and Prayer
  
• Feet Find a Way: First Milestones
• Sorrow's Springs: Illness and Upset
• A Wind Where the Rose Was: Bereavement
  
• The Ground to Stand On: Stepping Out and
  Growing Away
• I Am Good Fortune: Leaving Home
  
• Waldorf School Verses