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The Cremation of Sam McGee

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Ted Harrison

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	The Cremation of Sam McGee written by Robert Service illustrated by Ted Harrison from the series Books Illustrated by Ted Harrison For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=2488

Hardcover Jacket USD $17.95 978-1-55453-092-2 Hardcover Jacket USD $18.95 978-0-919964-92-1 Paperback USD $6.95 978-1-55074-606-8 All Grades All Ages The Arts Visual Arts critical thinking about visual arts Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding poetry Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell V Grade Level 5/6 Accelerated Reader 4.5 LG © 1986 4-color 9 x 12 32 pages	In 1986 Kids Can Press published an edition of Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee" illustrated by painter Ted Harrison, who used his signature broad brushstrokes and unconventional choice of color to bring this gritty narrative poem to life. Evoking both the spare beauty and the mournful solitude of the Yukon landscape, Harrison's paintings proved the perfect match for Service's masterpiece about a doomed prospector adrift in a harsh land. Harrison's Illustrator's Notes on each page enhanced both poem and illustrations by adding valuable historical background. Upon its original publication, many recognized the book as an innovative approach to illustrating poetry for children. For years The Cremation of Sam McGee has stood out as a publishing landmark, losing none of its appeal both as a read-aloud and as a work of art. Kids Can Press proudly publishes this deluxe hardcover twentieth anniversary edition — complete with a spot-varnished cover, new cover art and heavy coated stock — of a book that remains as entrancing as a night sky alive with the vibrant glow of the Northern Lights. Awards 1986 Best Book Selection, The New York Times, winner 1986 Notable Book, American Library Association,, winner Reviews “There are strange things done in the midnight sunBy the men who moil for books;The Arctic trails have their secret talesthat could give you second looks,The Northern Lights have seen their sightsBut the wisest they ever did seeWas the day in’06, complete with great pixThey reissued Sam McGee.” — Globe and Mail, December 2006 “No poem that I can think of, especially a comic one, was ever rendered so electrifyingly in paint” — Book World, October 2006

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Cremation of Sam McGee written by Robert Service illustrated by Ted Harrison from the series Books Illustrated by Ted Harrison For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=2488

Hardcover Jacket USD $17.95 978-1-55453-092-2 Hardcover Jacket USD $18.95 978-0-919964-92-1 Paperback USD $6.95 978-1-55074-606-8 All Grades All Ages The Arts Visual Arts critical thinking about visual arts Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding poetry Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell V Grade Level 5/6 Accelerated Reader 4.5 LG © 1986 4-color 9 x 12 32 pages	In 1986 Kids Can Press published an edition of Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee" illustrated by painter Ted Harrison, who used his signature broad brushstrokes and unconventional choice of color to bring this gritty narrative poem to life. Evoking both the spare beauty and the mournful solitude of the Yukon landscape, Harrison's paintings proved the perfect match for Service's masterpiece about a doomed prospector adrift in a harsh land. Harrison's Illustrator's Notes on each page enhanced both poem and illustrations by adding valuable historical background. Upon its original publication, many recognized the book as an innovative approach to illustrating poetry for children. For years The Cremation of Sam McGee has stood out as a publishing landmark, losing none of its appeal both as a read-aloud and as a work of art. Kids Can Press proudly publishes this deluxe hardcover twentieth anniversary edition — complete with a spot-varnished cover, new cover art and heavy coated stock — of a book that remains as entrancing as a night sky alive with the vibrant glow of the Northern Lights. Awards 1986 Best Book Selection, The New York Times, winner 1986 Notable Book, American Library Association,, winner Reviews “There are strange things done in the midnight sunBy the men who moil for books;The Arctic trails have their secret talesthat could give you second looks,The Northern Lights have seen their sightsBut the wisest they ever did seeWas the day in’06, complete with great pixThey reissued Sam McGee.” — Globe and Mail, December 2006 “No poem that I can think of, especially a comic one, was ever rendered so electrifyingly in paint” — Book World, October 2006

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Cremation of Sam McGee written by Robert Service illustrated by Ted Harrison from the series Books Illustrated by Ted Harrison For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=2488

Hardcover Jacket USD $17.95 978-1-55453-092-2 Hardcover Jacket USD $18.95 978-0-919964-92-1 Paperback USD $6.95 978-1-55074-606-8 All Grades All Ages The Arts Visual Arts critical thinking about visual arts Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding poetry Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell V Grade Level 5/6 Accelerated Reader 4.5 LG © 1986 4-color 9 x 12 32 pages	In 1986 Kids Can Press published an edition of Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee" illustrated by painter Ted Harrison, who used his signature broad brushstrokes and unconventional choice of color to bring this gritty narrative poem to life. Evoking both the spare beauty and the mournful solitude of the Yukon landscape, Harrison's paintings proved the perfect match for Service's masterpiece about a doomed prospector adrift in a harsh land. Harrison's Illustrator's Notes on each page enhanced both poem and illustrations by adding valuable historical background. Upon its original publication, many recognized the book as an innovative approach to illustrating poetry for children. For years The Cremation of Sam McGee has stood out as a publishing landmark, losing none of its appeal both as a read-aloud and as a work of art. Kids Can Press proudly publishes this deluxe hardcover twentieth anniversary edition — complete with a spot-varnished cover, new cover art and heavy coated stock — of a book that remains as entrancing as a night sky alive with the vibrant glow of the Northern Lights. Awards 1986 Best Book Selection, The New York Times, winner 1986 Notable Book, American Library Association,, winner Reviews “There are strange things done in the midnight sunBy the men who moil for books;The Arctic trails have their secret talesthat could give you second looks,The Northern Lights have seen their sightsBut the wisest they ever did seeWas the day in’06, complete with great pixThey reissued Sam McGee.” — Globe and Mail, December 2006 “No poem that I can think of, especially a comic one, was ever rendered so electrifyingly in paint” — Book World, October 2006

written by Robert Service

illustrated by Ted Harrison

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Books Illustrated by Ted Harrison

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In 1986 Kids Can Press published an edition of Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee" illustrated by painter Ted Harrison, who used his signature broad brushstrokes and unconventional choice of color to bring this gritty narrative poem to life. Evoking both the spare beauty and the mournful solitude of the Yukon landscape, Harrison's paintings proved the perfect match for Service's masterpiece about a doomed prospector adrift in a harsh land. Harrison's Illustrator's Notes on each page enhanced both poem and illustrations by adding valuable historical background.

Upon its original publication, many recognized the book as an innovative approach to illustrating poetry for children. For years The Cremation of Sam McGee has stood out as a publishing landmark, losing none of its appeal both as a read-aloud and as a work of art. Kids Can Press proudly publishes this deluxe hardcover twentieth anniversary edition — complete with a spot-varnished cover, new cover art and heavy coated stock — of a book that remains as entrancing as a night sky alive with the vibrant glow of the Northern Lights.

All Grades
All Ages

© 1986
4-color • 9 x 12 • 32 pages

Curriculum Connections

The Arts

Visual Arts

critical thinking about visual arts

Language Arts

Genre, Literature, Understanding

poetry

Reading levels

Fountas & Pinnell

Grade Level

5/6

Accelerated Reader

LG 4.5

Hardcover Jacket

978-1-55453-092-2

Reviews

“There are strange things done in the midnight sunBy the men who moil for books;The Arctic trails have their secret talesthat could give you second looks,The Northern Lights have seen their sightsBut the wisest they ever did seeWas the day in’06, complete with great pixThey reissued Sam McGee.”: — Globe and Mail, December 2006
“No poem that I can think of, especially a comic one, was ever rendered so electrifyingly in paint”: — Book World, October 2006

Awards

1986: Best Book Selection, The New York Times, winner
1986: Notable Book, American Library Association,, winner