Author:Gillian Avery
Gillian Avery, historian of children's books and novelist whose first book THE WARDEN'S NEICE has become a modern classic of children's literature, has made a very personal selection of favourite poems. If children like them as much as she does, then (she says) they will stay in the mind long after their readers have grown out of childhood. Her taste is for the Augustan rather than the Romantic writers, but her choice of over two hundred and fifty pieces ranges widely, from ballads to Ted Hughes, from Ben Jonson to Noel Coward. The illustrations are taken from the books of natural history made by Thomas Bewick, the celebrated English wood engraver.
PRAISE FOR TA-NEHISI COATES:
A magnificent writer
Visceral, eloquent and beautifully redemptive
—— Toni Morrison on BETWEEN THE WORLD AND MEExtraordinary
—— New Yorker on BETWEEN THE WORLD AND MEA great introduction to one of the most important books ever written.
—— RTE GuideEvolution explained, in this strikingly accessible picture book...perfect for a younger audience
—— Picture Book BloggerSabina Radeva's book is a wonderful introduction to Charles Darwin's ideas. It will appeal to children, but also, by its deft handling of a number of common misconceptions, may well surprise many adults. She has not shied away from either historical language or scientific ideas and handles both with great charm and without oversimplification.
—— Alison M. Pearn, Associate Director , Darwin Correspondence Project
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