The Cataract of Lodore, written by Robert Southey, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein, Dial Books, 1991.
The illustrations in my version (by Mordicai Gerstein) were delightful, but I really loved the poem. The poem, however, MUST be read out loud to appreciate it. My third-grade son, who loves words and rhythm, loved this poem. I was trying to get him to see how the words mimicked the waterfall, so as the rhythm of the words sped up, I asked him what he thought it was trying to show. He understood it was the water, flowing slowly at first and then faster and faster, but he said it also sounded like a heartbeat that speeds up during excitement. I think my son might have understood the poem even better than I did.
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