Papa Is a Poet: a story about the famous American poet Robert Frost, imagined through the eyes of his daughter Lesley.
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.Download and start listening now!
“The writing is smooth, and the subject is well-known to Bober, who wrote the young-adult biography A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost…The most appreciative audience will be readers who love Robert Frost’s poetry. For children unfamiliar with Frost’s work, Bober occasionally uses stanzas and short quotes from his verse within the first-person narrative and includes twelve of his poems in the back matter, along with some historical information, quotations, and a bibliography.”
— Booklist
“Frost’s poems are smoothly interspersed throughout the story, as well as collected at the end of this contemplative tribute.”
— Publishers Weekly“Bober has captured the poet’s personality, his love for family, and the inner strength that allowed him to follow his dreams…[A] 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“Narrator Ammi-Joan Paquette is suitably youthful sounding as Lesley reminisces about her idyllic childhood, suggested with birdsong and other rural sounds, and her memories of absorbing her father’s love of language, books, astronomy, and nature….The audiobook includes an interesting author’s note by biographer Bober, who packs this small book with engaging Frost facts gleaned from Lesley’s diary.”
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Natalie S. Bober is an award-winning biographer and historian who has written about Thomas Jefferson, Abigail Adams, and William Wordsworth, among others. She is the author of A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost. She lives in Port Washington, New York.
Jo Paquette is an author and senior literary agent living in the Boston area. She has published over a dozen books for young readers, which have been translated into nine languages and have received numerous accolades, including a nomination for the Massachusetts Book Award. Stories I Told My Dead Lover is her adult debut.