Taking Flight, Standing Still:
Teaching Toward Poetic and Imaginative Understanding
By Richard Lewis
Touchstone Center Publications in collaboration with Codhill Press, 2010
In this collection of recent essays and reflections, Richard Lewis shares his pursuit of teaching as a means of deepening a child’s poetic and imaginative understanding. He makes clear, through examples of his own teaching and […]
Sea Tale
By Richard Lewis
Illustrated by Gigi Alvaré
Designed by Heidi Neilson
Touchstone Center Publications, 2009
Sea Tale is a mythic retelling of how children first found the purpose of their playing. Evocatively and subtly illustrated by Gigi Alvaré, Sea Tale takes place in a prehistoric world in which dreams and reality intertwine, a seascape of nature’s timeless […]
Shaking the Grass for Dew
poems by Richard Lewis
Shaking the Grass for Dew
ISBN: 1-883197-14-7
New Native Press
2008
70 pages paperbound $14.95
Shaking the Grass for Dew can be seen, perhaps, as the modern Western equivalent of the great nature poets of the East – Wang Wei and Han-Shan come to mind. Richard Lewis writes a kind of surreal […]
Each Sky Has Its Words
By Richard Lewis
Illustrated by Gigi Alvaré
Touchstone Center Publications, 2000
Originally written for the Touchstone Center’s thematic exploration, Realms of Language, this poem is an evocation of the presence of language in the natural world. Illustrated with luminous black and white watercolors, this picture book can be enjoyed by all who have […]
The Bird of Imagining
By Richard Lewis
Illustrated by Children from New York City Public Schools
Touchstone Center Publications, 2002
Based on a poem by Richard Lewis and illustrated by twenty-two luminous cray-pas drawings by children from New York City Public Schools, this unique book explores the nature of the imagination through the flight of a bird evolving […]
CAVE: An Evocation of the Beginnings of Art
By Richard Lewis
Illustrated by Elizabeth Crawford
Photographed by George Hirose
Touchstone Center Publications, 2003
With a text by Richard Lewis, based on his theatre piece originally performed at the American Museum on Natural History, CAVE has now been brought into book form through a series of striking clay sculptural images […]
In the Space of the Sky
By Richard Lewis
Illustrated by Debra Frasier
Harcourt, 2002
A picture book for all ages which takes readers on a poetic journey through the spaces surrounding us in the natural world, from a tiny shell to the immense blue sky to the infinite expanses of our dreams and imagination.
24 pages • hardcover […]
When Thought is Young:
Reflections on Teaching and the
Poetry of the Child
By Richard Lewis
New Rivers Press, 1992
A series of personal reflections on the emerging poetic consciousness of childhood, illustrated by the author’s daughter and accompanied by children’s writings. Touching upon the beginnings of language, play, and the inward awareness of children, this book is a […]
Miracles: Poems by Children of the English-speaking World.
Collected by Richard Lewis
Simon and Schuster, 1966
A pioneering collection of nearly 200 poems that reveal the excitement, wonder, and rich imaginative power of children. The writers are all between the ages of five and thirteen and come from a wide variety of backgrounds – the United States, […]
The Butterfly in My Pocket: On Teaching the Imaginative Experience
By Richard Lewis
Afterward by Virginia Hamilton
School of Education, Queens College, 1987
Based on specific teaching situations in classrooms in New York City, this monograph discusses the importance of the imagination, in enabling children to come in touch with their inner world. Valuable for anyone concerned with […]
