The New Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems - Softcover

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9780192761965: The New Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems

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ISBN 10: 019276196X ISBN 13: 9780192761965

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

"They stepped into the poem and disappeared forever."--George Barker
The NEW Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems is a perfect introduction to the magic world of poetry. There is something here to please everyone. Familiar, well-loved poems, and many new surprises, are brought together in a beautiful illustrated collection that is full of Jumblies and dragons; wise old women and baby brothers; dogs, horses, and cats that howl at the moon. There are trains and talking tables; schools and scary houses; moms, dads, bears, and crocodiles. The choice of poets is wide-ranging, from Robert Louis Stevenson on dreams and Rudyard Kipling's "The Way through the Woods," to June Crebbin's ode to a dad whose "face looks sort of lonely/Without its fuzzy beard." There is a poem from Frank Asch about sunflakes--"We could go sleighing/in the middle of July"--and one from Lewis Carroll about a cheerful crocodile who "welcomes little fishes in,/With gently smiling jaws." Poems by W. B. Yeats; Edward Lear; Alfred, Lord Tennyson; A. E. Housman; and W. H. Auden fill out this delightful collection that is a companion to The Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems, one of OUP's most successful poetry books for children. Throughout the book, charming color illustrations complement the liveliness and atmosphere of the poems.

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About the Author:

Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark have compiled many successful anthologies of poetry, including The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems (1996).

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 4. This anthology features primarily English and American poets, from W. B. Yeats and William Blake to Eve Merriam and Nikki Giovanni. While the focus is on older rhyming poems with playful subjects, there is a smattering of modern poetry, free verse, and serious themes. Unfortunately, the mix is not entirely successful. Giovanni's "poem for rodney," for instance, is robbed of its ominous double meaning by the cute picture that accompanies it and by its place in the collection. The illustrations, by six different artists, seem equally scattered, and range from adequate to mediocre. Edward Blishen's Oxford Book of Poetry for Children (1987), with pictures by Brian Wildsmith, is still a much better standard English/American "nursery" collection; Seamus Heany and Ted Hughes's The Rattle Bag (Faber and Faber, 1985) successfully incorporates international and contemporary poems into the canon. In addition, there are enough excellent anthologies and single-authored titles with narrower focuses available for children, making this "New Treasury" nothing new.?Nina Lindsay, Vista School, Albany, CA
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