Children's Treasury of Classic Poetry
by Nicola Baxter Author
(From Amazon): Introduce children to the joys of poetry with this intricately illustrated collection of classics - a book that will delight both the young and the old. It includes a range of well-known rhymes such as the Owl and the Pussycat; It's Raining, It's Pouring and Star Light, Star Bright. It features a wide range of well known writers including Emily Bronte, Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, William Blake and John Keats. It also includes an 'About the Poets' section with a brief biography for each included poet. How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! So begins Lewis Caroll's classic rhyme, included in this beautifully illustrated collection of children's poetry. Carefully selected, the poems open up an enchanting world of rhythm and language, feeling and fantasy to introduce children to a lifetime of pleasure in poetry. The collection gathers together classic poems on a number of themes. Colourful and charming illustrations on every page capture the magic of imaginary worlds.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0754822761
- Print Status
- In Print
- Parts
- 63
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- Lorenz Books
- Copyright
- 2010
Parts
- 1 The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
- 2 Jabberwocky
- 3 Hurt No Living Thing
- 4 Auguries of Innocence
- 5 How Doth the Little Crocodile
- 6 The Herring Loves the Merry Moonlight
- 7 The Maldive Shark
- 8 My Cat Jeoffry
- 9 The Owl
- 10 The Silver Swan
- 11 The Eagle
- 12 The Tyger
- 13 Whether the Weather Be Fine
- 14 It's Raining, It's Pouring
- 15 The Rainbow
- 16 The Wind
- 17 The North Wind Doth Blow
- 18 Windy Nights
- 19 The Human Seasons
- 20 Winter
- 21 Spring
- 22 From Rain in Summer
- 23 Fall, Leaves, Fall
- 24 The Year's at the Spring
- 25 Pied Beauty
- 26 Daffodils
- 27 My Shadow
- 28 The Ecchoing Green
- 29 She Walks in Beauty
- 30 Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?
- 31 Blow, Bugle, Blow
- 32 Kubla Khan
- 33 The Fairies
- 34 La Belle Dame Sans Merci
- 35 I Saw a Peacock
- 36 A Child's Thought
- 37 Full Fathom Five
- 38 What Are Heavy?
- 39 I Started Early
- 40 O Captain! My Captain!
- 41 Break, Break, Break
- 42 Meeting at Night
- 43 Ozymnandias
- 44 Where Lies the Land?
- 45 Eldorado
- 46 Foreign Lands
- 47 Uphill
- 48 Travel
- 49 From a Railway Carriage
- 50 Little Orphant Annie
- 51 Monday's Child
- 52 A Child's Grace
- 53 I Remember, I Remember
- 54 Swing, Swing
- 55 Good and Bad Children
- 56 Escape at Bedtime
- 57 Bed in Summer
- 58 Is the Moon Tired?
- 59 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
- 60 Star Light, Star Bright
- 61 How Many Miles to Babylon?
- 62 Hush Little Baby
- 63 Sleep, Baby, Sleep!
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