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Synopsis
The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems received terrific reviews when it was first published in 1996. Featuring a wealth of well-known and well-loved poems, it has established itself as a key collection of 'serious' poetry for children. Now re-issued with a beautiful new cover, it is the perfect gift for a new generation of readers. · Selected and arranged with great care, to demonstrate the full range and breadth of classic poems that every child should know · Features poems from W.B. Yeats and John Milton, to Charles Causley, Christina Rossetti and Alfred Lord Tennyson · Includes many much-loved favourites, like The Owl and the Pussycat, Ozymandias, La Belle Dame Sans Merci and The Listeners · Illustrated with great delicacy and charm
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Review
"150 high-quality pages of works.... I love this book; I walk renewed among its monuments."--Peter F. Neumeyer, Boston Sunday Globe"The 93 poems in this glorious collection have thrilled readers and performers for years, and the lines still sing to kids today."--Booklist"Assembled for children, this collection will please most of us of any age.... A wonderfully balanced collection, with the nonsense poems we all love, story poems, ... emotionally moving, enigmatic poems, something to please any reader. And the illustrations really do add a dimension that helps clarify the meaning and mood of the poetry."--Kliatt"Will provide children with the essential opportunity to employ their imaginations, question their relationship to the world around them, and deepen their perceptions about nature and human feelings.... The book is marvelously illustrated by 10 artists."--Memphis Commercial Appeal "150 high-quality pages of works.... I love this book; I walk renewed among its monuments."--Peter F. Neumeyer, Boston Sunday Globe "The 93 poems in this glorious collection have thrilled readers and performers for years, and the lines still sing to kids today."--Booklist "Assembled for children, this collection will please most of us of any age.... A wonderfully balanced collection, with the nonsense poems we all love, story poems, ... emotionally moving, enigmatic poems, something to please any reader. And the illustrations really do add a dimension that helps clarify the meaning and mood of the poetry."--Kliatt "Will provide children with the essential opportunity to employ their imaginations, question their relationship to the world around them, and deepen their perceptions about nature and human feelings.... The book is marvelously illustrated by 10 artists."--Memphis Commercial Appeal "150 high-quality pages of works.... I love this book; I walk renewed among its monuments."--Peter F. Neumeyer, Boston Sunday Globe "The 93 poems in this glorious collection have thrilled readers and performers for years, and the lines still sing to kids today."--Booklist "Assembled for children, this collection will please most of us of any age.... A wonderfully balanced collection, with the nonsense poems we all love, story poems, ... emotionally moving, enigmatic poems, something to please any reader. And the illustrations really do add a dimension that helps clarify the meaning and mood of the poetry."--Kliatt "Will provide children with the essential opportunity to employ their imaginations, question their relationship to the world around them, and deepen their perceptions about nature and human feelings.... The book is marvelously illustrated by 10 artists."--Memphis Commercial Appeal "150 high-quality pages of works.... I love this book; I walk renewed among its monuments."--Peter F. Neumeyer, Boston Sunday Globe"The 93 poems in this glorious collection have thrilled readers and performers for years, and the lines still sing to kids today."--Booklist"Assembled for children, this collection will please most of us of any age.... A wonderfully balanced collection, with the nonsense poems we all love, story poems, ... emotionally moving, enigmatic poems, something to please any reader. And the illustrations really do add a dimension that helpsclarify the meaning and mood of the poetry."--Kliatt"Will provide children with the essential opportunity to employ their imaginations, question their relationship to the world around them, and deepen their perceptions about nature and human feelings.... The book is marvelously illustrated by 10 artists."--Memphis Commercial Appeal
About the Author
Michael Harrison lives in Oxford, and Christopher Stuart-Clark lives in Windsor.
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- ISBN 10 0613994655
- ISBN 13 9780613994651
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