"I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by..." Classic poems are those that endure, striking a responsive chord in generation after generation of children. Poems your grandfather loved are probably the same poems that
your children will find irresistible. In Oxford's Treasury of Classic Poems , all kinds of poems are collected old and new, short and long, funny and sad. Many of the poems are very famous and well-loved, but there are also some surprises and a few "classics-in-the-making." "Isabel met an
enormous bear, Isabel, Isabel, didn't care..." Nonsense verse by Lear and Carroll, story poems by Tennyson and Keats, and funny poems by Belloc and Betjeman are joined by poems from modern poets such as Charles Causely, Ted Hughes, and e. e. cummings. The illustrations, in color and black and white,
have been specially commissioned from a variety of artists, with each artist bringing a fresh interpretation to the poems. "'Is there anybody there?' said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door..."
The beautifully designed Treasury is destined to become a classic in its own right, joining the acclaimed Oxford library of anthologies for children and their families.

Harrison, Michael, 1939-;Stuart-Clark, Christopher

Michael, Ed Harrison

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

New York: Oxford University Press

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Oxford, 1997, ©1996

US, 1996

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Includes indexes.

This book contains over 90 classic poems for children. The collection of poems includes nonsense verse by Lear and Carroll, story poems by Tennyson and Keats, and humorous poems by Belloc and Betjeman. The collection also includes poems by modern poets, such as Charles Causley, Ted Hughes, John Agard, Roger McGough, and Stevie Smith. The collection contains illustrations in both black and white and in color by a wide variety of artists, with each artist bringing his or her own interpretation to the poems. An index of titles and first lines is provided, as well as an index of authors and illustrators. (NKA)

Includes indexes
An anthology of famous, well-loved poems

2023-06-28