We started our final book for 2009.  Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is a Robert Frost poem.  The book we have is illustrated by Susan Jeffers and her drawings are just beautiful.  It is a nice, simple reading where we really pay attention to the art.  Very fitting for this time of year.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Doo and I talked a bit about who Robert Frost was and read a few more of his poems.