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Enormous Smallness

by Matthew Burgess

Illustrator: Kris Di Giacomo

Ages: 9+

Published: 2015

Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books

ISBN: 978-1-59270-171-1

Keywords: Poetry

From early childhood, Cummings wove words and imagination into poetry. Textured illustrations perfectly picture his life. Back matter includes a chronology, four poems and an author's note.