Classic Poems for Children: Best-Loved Ve...
Children’s Poetry Including the Owl and the Pussy-Cat; My Shadow; Robin Hood; A Thing of Beauty; A Lark’s Nest; O Captain, My Captain; Eldorado; A Birthday; Monday’s Child; The Fairies; Ozymandias
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- £1.49
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- £1.49
Publisher Description
This wonderful book features classic poems, suitable for children, by many of the world’s much-loved writers and poets, such as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde and Thomas Hardy. Split into thematic chapters, there are poems of animals and birds, songs of the sea, love and adventure, boys and girls, happiness and sadness, childhood and travel – some hundreds of years old and others refreshingly modern.
Among the many treasured poems are songs such as Waltzing Matilda, or It’s Raining, It’s Pouring; evocative poems such as Spring by William Blake and What That I Was And a Little Tiny Boy by William Shakespeare; children’s poems like Wynken, Blynken and Nod, and lullabies such as Hush Little Baby and Sleep, Baby Sleep.
Children and adults alike will delight in these wonderful poems that have been told and re-told for generations. There are poems for reflection, some to make you laugh and others that will make you cry. There are poems for the morning and evening, poems for reflection, poems to spark discussion and others to inspire dreams. Together they become a starting point on a very special journey to a whole spectrum of thoughts and feelings, magical lands and faraway places.
Intricate illustrations and gold embellishments decorate every page, making this lovely book an essential addition to any family’s library.
The book’s editor, Nicola Baxter, has written or compiled over three hundred children’s titles. She particularly enjoys the marriage of words and pictures that children’s books entail.
Customer Reviews
Classic poems for children
got this one at the same time as the children's fairy stories with similar design - another brilliant collection, can't believe the value, looks like has all the poems I remember as a child - lovely pics too :)
Takes me back ....
Perfect - these poems go down the generations, and now I can pass them on to the next. Lovely to read together, some to memorise, plus some great singing, marching and dancing ones too. A really great collection
Classic Poems for Children
What a lovely book - perfect for dipping into with the children - it's got all the old favourites in that I used to read as a child but also has some new poems that is a pleasure to discover. Such nice illustrations too.