"'Dancing in the Street' and 'I Hear America Singing' are almost neighbors in a sassy collection of poems about pianos, CDs, cassettes, dancing, symphonies, and other topics musical. Eloise Greenfield ('Nathaniel's Rap') and Samuel Taylor Coleridge ('On a Bad Singer') sit side-by-side, while Wallace Stevens (an excerpt from 'The Man with the Blue Guitar') and Robert Graves ('The Penny Fiddle') are back-to-back. Brod Bagert comments on the synthesization of sound and miniaturization of technology; Felice Holman listens to instruments tuning up ... there are rhythms, raps and rat-a-tats for most readers."
"I have always believed in music as the Universal language, cutting across time and distance, generations and cultures. Poems That Sing To You can be thought of as a soundtrack from a favorite performance to take home and enjoy again and again."
"The anthology begins with the lyrics of a popular song recorded by Martha and the Vandellas and ends with one written by Stevie Wonder. In between, it celebrates music in all its infinite variety. Decorated with strong black-and-white line drawings, the collection offers an insightful and rousing view of the relationship between poetry and music."
"A well laid out, eclectic, somewhat sophisticated book. Postulating that poems about music speak immediately to children, Strickland has gathered 55 short selections and arranged them in groups ... linking them together by their common theme is effective."
"These poems, like music, are intended to break down the barriers that divide humankind. They will appeal to all readers of poetry, and especially to those parents desiring to share good literature with their children."
"As was once said by some cool cat, "It's hip, it's hapening and it's to be shared aloud." Highly recommended."
