Paul Revere's Ride -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Longfellow's tribute to the famous revolutionary hero begins with the stirring cadence that American schoolchildren have committed to memory for over a century. Now illustrator Ted Rand brings these vivid and beautiful lines to life as dramatically as the poet's immortal message inspires.The clatter of hooves seems to echo in Rand's evocative paintings of that famed midnight ride.... --<i>Kirkus reviews</i><br><br><b>Author:</b> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br><b>Publisher:</b> Puffin Books<br><b>Published:</b> 03/01/1996<br><b>Pages:</b> 40<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.43lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.26h x 9.82w x 0.13d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780140556124<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 4-8<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 5.6<br><b>Point Value:</b> 0.5<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>61645 / Paul Revere's Ride<br><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 03/11/1996<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</b> (1807-1882) was the most popular and admired American poet of the nineteenth century. Born in Portland, Maine, and educated at Bowdoin College, Longfellow's ambition was always to become a writer; but until mid-life his first profession was the teaching rather than the production of literature, at his alma mater (1829-35) and then at Harvard (1836-54). His teaching career was punctuated by two extended study-tours of Europe, during which Longfellow made himself fluent