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Overview"This anthology is a companion to ""The Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems"". It features a combination of traditional poems and new material in a lively and often surprising collection." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Harrison , Christopher Stuart-ClarkPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 25.00cm Weight: 0.664kg ISBN: 9780192761378ISBN 10: 0192761374 Pages: 174 Publication Date: 01 October 1995 Recommended Age: From 2 to 12 Audience: Children/juvenile , Children's (6-12) Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsExcellent poems illustrated in full color. Pieces by well-known poets of the past (Auden, Belloc, Blake, Farjeon, Lear, Tennyson, Yeats) appear alongside works of contemporary poets, contributing to the freewheeling style of the collection.... Eleven artists contributed illustrations that interpret the poetry with wit, verve, and delicacy, according to the tone of the writing.... A dependable treasury for locating old favorites or finding new ones. --Booklist In a superbly edited anthology, more than 130 spirited, mostly British poems, classics as well as those less familiar, pair off with color and black and white art. --Publishers Weekly This wide-ranging collection includes Lear's 'The Jumblies, ' a Barundi lullaby, John Masefield's 'Sea Fever, ' a poem from the Navajo, 'The Echoing Green' by William Blake, and numerous humorous, anonymous ditties. --The Horn Book Guide The anthology format raised to new heights: this collection of verse, by bards as various as Yeats and Nikki Giovanni, should hold pride of place on any youngster's bookshelf. --Smithsonian A lively and varied selection which offers plenty of poems to disappear into. --Carousel Excellent poems illustrated in full color. Pieces by well-known poets of the past (Auden, Belloc, Blake, Farjeon, Lear, Tennyson, Yeats) appear alongside works of contemporary poets, contributing to the freewheeling style of the collection.... Eleven artists contributed illustrations that interpret the poetry with wit, verve, and delicacy, according to the tone of the writing.... A dependable treasury for locating old favorites or finding new ones. --Booklist In a superbly edited anthology, more than 130 spirited, mostly British poems, classics as well as those less familiar, pair off with color and black and white art. --Publishers Weekly This wide-ranging collection includes Lear's 'The Jumblies, ' a Barundi lullaby, John Masefield's 'Sea Fever, ' a poem from the Navajo, 'The Echoing Green' by William Blake, and numerous humorous, anonymous ditties. --The Horn Book Guide The anthology format raised to new heights: this collection of verse, by bards as various as Yeats and Nikki Giovanni should hold pride of place on any youngster's bookshelf. --Smithsonian A lively and varied selection which offers plenty of poems to disappear into. --Carousel Excellent poems illustrated in full color. Pieces by well-known poets of the past (Auden, Belloc, Blake, Farjeon, Lear, Tennyson, Yeats) appear alongside works of contemporary poets, contributing to the freewheeling style of the collection.... Eleven artists contributed illustrations that interpret the poetry with wit, verve, and delicacy, according to the tone of the writing.... A dependable treasury for locating old favorites or finding new ones. --Booklist In a superbly edited anthology, more than 130 spirited, mostly British poems, classics as well as those less familiar, pair off with color and black and white art. --Publishers Weekly This wide-ranging collection includes Lear's 'The Jumblies, ' a Barundi lullaby, John Masefield's 'Sea Fever, ' a poem from the Navajo, 'The Echoing Green' by William Blake, and numerous humorous, anonymous ditties. --The Horn Book Guide The anthology format raised to new heights: this collection of verse, by bards as various as Yeats and Nikki Giovanni, should hold pride of place on any youngster's bookshelf. --Smithsonian A lively and varied selection which offers plenty of poems to disappear into. --Carousel Excellent poems illustrated in full color. Pieces by well-known poets of the past (Auden, Belloc, Blake, Farjeon, Lear, Tennyson, Yeats) appear alongside works of contemporary poets, contributing to the freewheeling style of the collection.... Eleven artists contributed illustrations that interpret the poetry with wit, verve, and delicacy, according to the tone of the writing.... A dependable treasury for locating old favorites or finding new ones. --Booklist In a superbly edited anthology, more than 130 spirited, mostly British poems, classics as well as those less familiar, pair off with color and black and white art. --Publishers Weekly This wide-ranging collection includes Lear's 'The Jumblies, ' a Barundi lullaby, John Masefield's 'Sea Fever, ' a poem from the Navajo, 'The Echoing Green' by William Blake, and numerous humorous, anonymous ditties. --The Horn Book Guide The anthology format raised to new heights: this collection of verse, by bards as various as Yeats and Nikki Giovanni, should hold pride of place on any youngster's bookshelf. --Smithsonian A lively and varied selection which offers plenty of poems to disappear into. --Carousel Excellent poems illustrated in full color. Pieces by well-known poets of the past (Auden, Belloc, Blake, Farjeon, Lear, Tennyson, Yeats) appear alongside works of contemporary poets, contributing to the freewheeling style of the collection.... Eleven artists contributed illustrations that interpret the poetry with wit, verve, and delicacy, according to the tone of the writing.... A dependable treasury for locating old favorites or finding new ones. --Booklist<br> In a superbly edited anthology, more than 130 spirited, mostly British poems, classics as well as those less familiar, pair off with color and black and white art. --Publishers Weekly<br> This wide-ranging collection includes Lear's 'The Jumblies, ' a Barundi lullaby, John Masefield's 'Sea Fever, ' a poem from the Navajo, 'The Echoing Green' by William Blake, and numerous humorous, anonymous ditties. --The Horn Book Guide<br> The anthology format raised to new heights: this collection of verse, by bards as various as Yeats and Nikki Giovanni should hold pride of place on any youngster's bookshelf. --Smithsonian<br> A lively and varied selection which offers plenty of poems to disappear into. --Carousel<br> Author InformationMichael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark have compiled many successful anthologies of poetry, including The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems (1996). 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