Product Description
Ballads, poems of mystery, delicate tales of faery, songs of the sea, and an element of surprise make this a book that will give pleasure to any child and any family.
Originally published in 1963, this is a traditional poetry book with a wide range of poems and poets. It is loosely divided into seventeen sections, e.g. The Moon’s in a Fit, The World of Water is Our Home, A Story to You I’ll Unfold, ending Rock Them, Rock Them, Lullaby. It is filled with colourful illustrations, some linked to the poems, others just adding colour.
The selection will cater for children of all ages and a family could find poems for many years. Given a chance, children (parents and grandparents) will find many enjoyable poems to read and, apart from entertaining them with some famous, some not so famous poems, it will also acquaint them with the many skills of poetry writing.
With index of authors and index of first lines.
Lacks original dustjacket , but solid in illustrated boards, uneven sunfade to front cover.
