Gillian Avery, historian of children's books and novelist whose first book THE WARDEN'S NEICE has become a modern classic of children's literature, has made a very personal selection of favourite poems. If children like them as much as she does, then (she says) they will stay in the mind long after their readers have grown out of childhood. Her taste is for the Augustan rather than the Romantic writers, but her choice of over two hundred and fifty pieces ranges widely, from ballads to Ted Hughes, from Ben Jonson to Noel Coward. The illustrations are taken from the books of natural history made by Thomas Bewick, the celebrated English wood engraver.
By:
Gillian Avery Illustrated by:
Thomas Bewick Imprint: Everyman Hardcovers Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 161mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 610g ISBN:9781857159318 ISBN 10: 1857159314 Series:Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS Pages: 400 Publication Date:25 November 1994 Recommended Age: From 2 to 12 Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
