This is a beautiful treasury of poetry for older children, featuring a selection of work from classic and modern poets including Shakespeare, Byron, Ted Hughes and Wendy Cope, alongside all new original poetry by Sam Taplin. The poems cover many different themes and moods, and are chosen to show children how inspiring, powerful and magical poems can be. It is gorgeously illustrated by Kristina Swarner. It is a fantastic gift for any child to cherish.

 

This book is part of a book series called Nursery Rhymes And Poetry .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Mary Joslin is the pseudonym of an in-house author. Kristina Swarner decided to become an artist at the age of 3, and has been drawing ever since. Since graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, she has created award-winning illustrations for books, greeting cards, magazines, wine labels, CD covers, and theatre posters. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including Eric Carle Museum and the Society of Illustrators.