The Children's Classic Poetry Collection - Hardcover

Shuttleworth, Cathie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765197456 ISBN 13: 9780765197450

Publisher: Smithmark Pub, 1996

Synopsis

An exceptional anthology of favorite poems for young readers of all ages features the works of Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Lear, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Sir Walter Scott, William Blake, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allen Poe, and other notable poets.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

the poetry shelf Two new poetry anthologies present poetry as a key to unlocking the imagination. Charles Sullivan collects over 80 poems for Imaginary Animals: Poetry and Art for Young People. A companion to Imaginary Architecture, the entertaining volume encompasses poems on such subjects as the Loch Ness monster and talking to cats; featured poets include William Blake, Galway Kinnell, Sylvia Plath and Ogden Nash. The illustrations are unusually varied, ranging from paintings by Berthe Morisot and Winslow Homer to photographs of a Trojan Horse vase from ancient Greece, Henry Moore's sculpture Sheep Piece, Salvador Dali's Lobster Telephone, the gargoyles of Notre Dame and Bigfoot. Half of the 80 illustrations are in color. A more conventional compilation, The Children's Classic Poetry Collection by Nicola Baxter, illus. by Cathie Shuttleworth, puts nursery rhymes side by side with well-known poems by Tennyson and Byron, among others. The selections, divided into such categories as "Dreams and Wonders" and "Bright and Beautiful," represent a wide range of reading levels. The 50 color illustrations veer toward the precious; e.g., freckled girls with big bonnets, striped stockings and puffy skirts.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Smithmark Pub
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0765197456
• ISBN 13: 9780765197450
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Baxter Nicola
• Illustrator: Shuttleworth Cathie