First Morning: Poems About Time - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841483370 ISBN 13: 9781841483375

Publisher: Barefoot Books, 2001

Synopsis

Offers a collection of poems on time, the individual's awareness of the speed of its passage, days, months, and seasons, tardiness, and related topics.

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Review

'Manna's illustrations in pale, watery washes and deeper, mottled shades of ink have a gentle eloquence altogether in harmony with the poems' - Books for Keeps --Books for Keeps. First Morning - Poems About Time, compiled by Nikki Siegen Smith is a beautifully illustrated anthology of poems that have been chosen to encourage adults and children to laugh together, to take them to unimagined places and to remind them of special times. The collection will stimulate children's ideas about the concept of time and provide excellent motivation for creative writing. The book is a wonderful introduction to the work of a wide range of well-known and less familiar poets who introduce new and unexpected views of time, from seasonal changes to daily rituals. It is a book to be read aloud to share the pleasure of words such as tintinnabulation'! - Nursery Education --Nursery Education

First Morning - Poems About Time, compiled by Nikki Siegen Smith is a beautifully illustrated anthology of poems that have been chosen to encourage adults and children to laugh together, to take them to unimagined places and to remind them of special times. The collection will stimulate children's ideas about the concept of time and provide excellent motivation for creative writing. The book is a wonderful introduction to the work of a wide range of well-known and less familiar poets who introduce new and unexpected views of time, from seasonal changes to daily rituals. It is a book to be read aloud to share the pleasure of words such as tintinnabulation'! - Nursery Education --Nursery Education

About the Author

Nikki Siegen-Smith has travelled across the world, most recently walking with the Samburu in Kenya. She now lives in Wiltshire, England with her partner and young son, working as a writer and primary education consultant. Giovanni Manna is an award-winning Italian artist whose distinctive illustrations have been exhibited worldwide. Swing High, Swing Low (2005) is his sixth book for Barefoot, joining The Barefoot Book of Giants, Ghosts and Goblins (1999), Someone I Like (2000), You and Me(2000), First Morning (2001) and The Barefoot Book of Knights (2002). Giovanni lives in Bologna, Italy, with his wife and daughter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Barefoot Books
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841483370
• ISBN 13: 9781841483375
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Manna Giovanni
• Number of pages: 40
• Editor: Siegen-Smith Nikki