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The Poetry Book

The Poetry Book

This poetry anthology, designed for readers aged nine to 12, features old favourites as well as contemporary choices. The small, thick format and lively drawings and decorations aim to make the book as accessible to children as possible.
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A fresh,original anthology that children of 9-12 will find packed with poems to enjoy.Fiona Waters has ranged far and wide to come up with an extraordinary collection where old favourites are juxtaposed with unusual contemporary choices in a seemingly random way.Here are Shakespeare,Keats,W.B.Yeats,Hardy,Heaney and Cavafy alongside Benjamin Zephaniah,U.A.Fanthorpe,Shel Silverstein and Roger McGough.Here too are a Navajo hymn to sun,moon and stars,a Tagore poem,a Basho haiku and a poem about war by a 9th century Chinese poet-all of them opening up a whole world of language and imagination. A pleasing chunky format and generously designed pages,with lively small drawings and decorations throughout,make the book particularly attractive and approachable for children

Product Description

Title - The Poetry Book

Edition -

Author -

ISBN 13 - 9781858811833

Imprint - Orion Children's Books

Publisher - Hachette Children's Group

Date Published - 07/10/1996

Prize -

No. of pages - 288

Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - x x mm

Weight - g

Languages - English