The Oxford Book of Children's Verse (Oxford Books of Verse) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192801880 ISBN 13: 9780192801883

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This anthology brings together the outstanding verse written for children over a period of five hundred years.

It contains more than 300 poems written by 123 authors, and includes the rhymed precepts of medieval times, the admonitory verse of Elizabethan Puritans, the inspirational verse of Blake and Christopher Smart, the nonsense verses of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll, the nursery verses of Robert Louis Stevenson and A. A. Milne, and the poetical imaginings of Christina Rossetti, Eleanor Farjeon, and Walter de la Mare. It has truly been called "A companion to the mature of all ages, no matter how young."

About this title

About the Author:

Iona and Peter Opie are the authors of many books, including 'The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes' and 'The Oxford Book of Narrative Verse'. Peter Opie died in 1982.

Review:

Review from previous edition "... delightful contributions by poets both famous and obscure, which one does not have to be a child to enjoy. This is a collection to be cherished by parents, children and ex-children."--Charles Osborne. Sunday Telegraph

"All the favourites ... are in this classic anthology. It has never been out of print since its publication in 1973 but this is the first paperback edition."--Kate Chisholm, Daily Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0192801880
• ISBN 13: 9780192801883
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Opie Peter, Opie Iona