SOMEONE COULD WIN A POLAR BEAR LP Record JOHN CIARDI

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SOMEONE COULD WIN A POLAR BEAR LP Record JOHN CIARDI




WoW!!!.... Offered is SPOKEN ARTS SA 1102 LP RECORD for a release entitled SOMEONE COULD WIN A POLAR BEAR AND OTHER POEMS written and read by JOHN CIARDI

Here is a delight... noted American Poet and Etymologist John Ciardi (1916-1986) reading his own Children's Poetry on this early 1970s Spoken Arts produced Long Play Record.

Record is not dated but the title poem was published in 1970 and the cover illustration (by Ted Smith) is dated 1971. Directed by Arthur Luce Klein. Record is not marked Monophonic or Stereo but being a spoken word performance it may be in Mono.

From the back cover: "The ultimate joy of Ciardi's poems for children is that they are not children's poems at all. They are not "cutesy" in tone or juvenile in subject matter; they do not smile condescendingly- but rather approach the child on equal footing." Also: "Ciardi assumes something quite important- that children are capable of sharing his joy in the language, and quite willing to play along with his word games. And, finally, what never fails to involve children is Ciardi's sense of humor. It is sophisticated enough so that a child feels he is being let in on an adult joke- but simple enough for plain fun."

Contents:
Side One (Side Two on Record Label):

• Someone Could Win a Polar Bear
  
• Rules
  
• The Blubberhead
  
• The Answer
  
• Good and Bad Habits
  
• Friendship
  
• The Music Master
  
• About Rivers and Toes
  
• About Moose
  
• The Hearsay
  
• The Buffalo
  
• The Rover
  
• The Widgeonry
  
• Garden Notes from Zanzibar
  
• The Watchamacallit
  
• Four Things to Note about a Goat
  
• A Word about the True-Preposterous
  
• More about Preposteri
  
• The Hairy-Nosed Preposterous
  
• A Warning about the Preposterous
  
• About Eskimos
  

Side Two (Side One on Record Label):

• There Was a Man Who Lived in Perth
  
• Suzie's New Dog
  
• A Fine Fat Fireman
  
• On Being Too Right To Be Polite
  
• The Shark
  
• I Am Writing This at Sea
  
• Captain Spud and His First Mate Spade
  
• Questions! Questions! Questions!
  
• Bear with Me and You May Learn
  
• Why Noah Praised the Whale
  
• Well, Welcome, Now That You're Here
  
• And They Lived Happily Ever After for a While
  
• We All Have Thought a Lot about You
  
• All I Did Was Ask My Sister a Question
  
• Read This with Gestures
  
• Why the Sky Is Blue
  
• The Man Who Lived in a House Too Big
  
• When Happy Little Children Play
  
• Thanks Anyhow
  
• What Johnny Told Me
  
• The Family Reunion
  
• A Fog Full of Apes
  
• Pets
  
• Why Beat Everything
  

Hard to find... a rare opportunity to hear the author read his own poems... and this Long Play Record and Sleeve is in pretty nice condition with a very nice record and the sleeve still covered in plastic shrink-wrap

RECORD: VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+) with a moderate number of light scratches and sleeve scuff markings. Shiny vinyl. Slight discoloration to the side two label but otherwise clean and unmarked.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT (EX) with slight wear and bumping to the two right hand corners where shrink-wrap is open, same to the lower left corner as well. No seam splits. No remainder holes, cuts or markings.

RECORD COLLECTOR magazine (U.K.) grading system used:

• MINT
  
• EXCELLENT
  
• VERY GOOD
  
• GOOD
  
• FAIR
  
• POOR
  
• BAD
  

*All grading is done visually unless otherwise stated

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