iF
A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
If you need cheering up...
If you need guidance...
If you want to laugh...
If you need courage...
Sometimes only a poem will do.
In this magical new collection of our best-loved poems, selected and introduced by the creators of the bestselling app iF Poems, discover the joy, solace and beauty of poetry with your family. Whether you're after a poem that is charming, funny, sad, silly, magical, sleepy, long or short, there's something in here for everyone. From Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat to Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade to Eliot's Macavity the Mystery Cat, these are poems to pass down the generations.
A favourite poem will stay with you for life, and this beautifully illustrated collection for children aged 0 to 90 is sure to delight and entertain for years to come.
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This extensive collection of more than 250 poems, a companion to the "iF Poems" app, offers a broad sampling of mostly American and European poems with quiet black and yellow spot illustrations that integrate bits of type. Esiri and Kelly group the works thematically into nine sections including verse about growing up, magic, and more. Humorous and nonsense poems include work by Roald Dahl and Edward Lear, while poems on friendship and love feature classics by Emily Bronte and W.B. Yeats, as well as a surprise addition of a poem by filmmaker Tim Burton. Each poem gets a brief introduction, describing its history or use of a poetic device (a glossary of terms is included). Readers ready to be challenged by poems of increasing depth and complexity will find much to intrigue and inspire. Ages 9 up.
