An Illustrated Collection Of Poems By Famous Children's Poets. Body Talk; This Orange Tree / Benjamin Zephaniah -- Ar-a-rat / Grace Nichols -- Word Party; When I Was Three / Richard Edwards -- Don't Call Alligator Long-mouth Till You Can Cross River; Hatch Me A Riddle / John Agard -- Nightening / Michael Dugan -- If You Don't Put Your Shoes On Before I Count Fifteen; I'm The Youngest In Our House / Michael Rosen -- Newcomer; Squeezes / Brian Patten -- Laurie And Dorrie; Just Before Christmas / Kit Wright -- Dream Of The Cabbage Caterpillars; Old Woman And The Sandwiches / Libby Houston -- Homework! Oh, Homework!; Today Is Very Boring / Jack Prelutsky -- Lizzy's Lion / Dennis Lee -- Billy Mcbone; I Did A Bad Thing Once / Allan Ahlberg -- Three Rusty Nails; Sky In The Pie! / Roger Mcgough -- Dear Mr. Examiner / Gareth Owen -- Blake Leads A Walk On The Milky Way / Nancy Willard -- Stufferation / Adrian Mitchell -- Best Friends / Adrian Henri -- Sick / Shel Silverstein -- Leaves / Ted Hughes -- Combinations / Mary Ann Hoberman --^ Lullaby / Elizabeth Jennings -- Dreaming Black Boy / James Berry -- Growing Pain / Vernon Scannell -- Take One Home For The Kiddies / Philip Larkin -- Perfect Arthur / N.m. Bodecker -- Some Opposites / Richard Wilbur -- Computer's First Christmas Card / Edwin Morgan -- Extract From Ruinous Rhymes / Max Fatchen -- Kingfisher / John Heath-stubbs -- Lady B's Fleas; Ying-tong-iddle-i-po / Spike Milligan -- Tom Bone; Colonel Fazackerley / Charles Causley -- Extract From The Witches / Roald Dahl -- Catch A Little Rhyme / Eve Merriam -- Magpies / Judith Wright -- Song Of The Mischievous Dog / Dylan Thomas -- Apples / Laurie Lee -- They Call To One Another / George Barker -- Huntsman / Edward Lowbury -- Visitor / Ian Serraillier -- Aunts And Uncles / Mervyn Peake -- Bully Asleep / John Walsh -- Blind Horse / Norman Maccaig -- Secret Song / Margaret Wise Brown -- Spells; Rabbit And Lark / James Reeves -- My Papa's Waltz / Theodore Roethke -- Spell Of Creation / Kathleen Raine --^ Night Mail / W.h. Auden -- Giants / Lydia Pender -- Diary Of A Church Mouse / Sir John Betjeman -- Good Company / Leonard Clark -- White Cat Of Trenarren / A.l. Rowse -- Old Sweet Dove Of Wiveton / Stevie Smith -- Wombat; Purist / Odgen Nash -- Alice Jean; Penny Fiddle / Robert Graves -- Something Told The Wild Geese / Rachel Field -- Maggie And Milly And Milly And May / E.e. Cummings -- Song Of The Rabbits Outside The Tavern / Elizabeth Coatsworth -- Extract From The Little Mermaid / Wilfred Owen -- India / W.j. Turner --- Skimblsehanks: The Railway Cat / T.s. Eliot -- These I Have Loved / Rupert Brooke -- Sir Smashum Uppe -- E.v. Rieu -- Lines And Squares; Daffodowndilly / A.a. Milne -- Distance; Sounds In The Evening / Eleanor Farjeon -- Flower-fed Buffaloes / Vachel Lindsay -- Old Song Re-sung / John Masefield -- Snow / Edward Thomas -- Cremation Of Sam Mcgee / Robert Service -- Politeness / Harry Graham -- Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening; Minor Bird / Robert Frost --^ Donkey / G.k. Chesterton -- Tom's Angel; Scarecrow; Robin / Walter De La Mare -- Blind Boxer; Happy Child / W.h. Davies -- Vulture; Frog / Hilaire Belloc -- Wild Horses / Mary Gilmore -- Song Of Wandering Aengus / W.b. Yeats -- Smuggler's Song / Rudyard Kipling -- Waltzing Matilda / A.b. (banjo) Paterson -- When Green Buds Hang / A.e. Housman -- Toys Talk Of The World / Katharine Pyle -- Snow In The Suburbs; Transformations / Thomas Hardy. Edited By Brian Patten. Includes Index.

The Puffin Twentieth Century Collection of Verse

Puffin 20th Century collection of verse

None; Patten, Brian, 1946-

Viking Children's Books

London: Puffin

Puffin Books

United States, United States of America

Re-issue edition, October 7, 1999

London, 1999

180 pages : 27 cm
An illustrated collection of poems by famous children's poets
Includes index
Body talk; This orange tree / Benjamin Zephaniah -- Ar-a-rat / Grace Nichols -- Word party; When I was three / Richard Edwards -- Don't call alligator long-mouth till you can cross river; Hatch me a riddle / John Agard -- Nightening / Michael Dugan -- If you don't put your shoes on before I count fifteen; I'm the youngest in our house / Michael Rosen -- Newcomer; Squeezes / Brian Patten -- Laurie and Dorrie; Just before Christmas / Kit Wright -- Dream of the cabbage caterpillars; Old woman and the sandwiches / Libby Houston -- Homework! oh, homework!; Today is very boring / Jack Prelutsky -- Lizzy's lion / Dennis Lee -- Billy McBone; I did a bad thing once / Allan Ahlberg -- Three rusty nails; Sky in the pie! / Roger McGough -- Dear Mr. Examiner / Gareth Owen -- Blake leads a walk on the milky way / Nancy Willard -- Stufferation / Adrian Mitchell -- Best friends / Adrian Henri -- Sick / Shel Silverstein -- Leaves / Ted Hughes -- Combinations / Mary Ann Hoberman -- Lullaby / Elizabeth Jennings -- Dreaming black boy / James Berry -- Growing pain / Vernon Scannell -- Take one home for the kiddies / Philip Larkin -- Perfect Arthur / N.M. Bodecker -- Some opposites / Richard Wilbur -- Computer's first Christmas card / Edwin Morgan -- Extract from ruinous rhymes / Max Fatchen -- Kingfisher / John Heath-Stubbs -- Lady B's fleas; Ying-tong-iddle-I-po / Spike Milligan -- Tom Bone; Colonel Fazackerley / Charles Causley -- Extract from the witches / Roald Dahl -- Catch a little rhyme / Eve Merriam -- Magpies / Judith Wright -- Song of the mischievous dog / Dylan Thomas -- Apples / Laurie Lee -- They call to one another / George Barker -- Huntsman / Edward Lowbury -- Visitor / Ian Serraillier -- Aunts and uncles / Mervyn Peake -- Bully asleep / John Walsh -- Blind horse / Norman MacCaig -- Secret Song / Margaret Wise Brown -- Spells; Rabbit and lark / James Reeves -- My papa's waltz / Theodore Roethke -- Spell of creation / Kathleen Raine -- Night mail / W.H. Auden -- Giants / Lydia Pender -- Diary of a church mouse / Sir John Betjeman -- Good company / Leonard Clark -- White cat of Trenarren / A.L. Rowse -- Old sweet dove of Wiveton / Stevie Smith -- Wombat; Purist / Odgen Nash -- Alice Jean; Penny Fiddle / Robert Graves -- Something told the wild geese / Rachel Field -- Maggie and Milly and Milly and May / E.E. Cummings -- Song of the rabbits outside the tavern / Elizabeth Coatsworth -- Extract from the little mermaid / Wilfred Owen -- India / W.J. Turner --- Skimblsehanks: the railway cat / T.S. Eliot -- These I have loved / Rupert Brooke -- Sir Smashum Uppe -- E.V. Rieu -- Lines and squares; Daffodowndilly / A.A. Milne -- Distance; Sounds in the evening / Eleanor Farjeon -- Flower-fed buffaloes / Vachel Lindsay -- Old song re-sung / John Masefield -- Snow / Edward Thomas -- Cremation of Sam McGee / Robert Service -- Politeness / Harry Graham -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening; Minor bird / Robert Frost -- Donkey / G.K. Chesterton -- Tom's angel; Scarecrow; Robin / Walter De La Mare -- Blind boxer; Happy child / W.H. Davies -- Vulture; Frog / Hilaire Belloc -- Wild Horses / Mary Gilmore -- Song of Wandering Aengus / W.B. Yeats -- Smuggler's song / Rudyard Kipling -- Waltzing Matilda / A.B. (Banjo) Paterson -- When green buds hang / A.E. Housman -- Toys talk of the world / Katharine Pyle -- Snow in the suburbs; transformations / Thomas Hardy

This book brings together some of the finest and most magical children's literature from the 20th century. This wonderful anthology of verse will take you on a journey through the century starting with the contemporary voices of Benjamin Zephaniah and Grace Nichols and moving back in time to the classic poetry of Thomas Hardy. Featuring over 70 poets, each individual voice speaks with resonance and clarity. All are complemented with illustrations by a host of talented artists whose evocative images perfectly reflect the diverse contrasts of subject, mood, style and form. A brilliant and essential collection of verse, this volume stands alone in recognizing the richness and wealth of poetry for children throughout the 20th century.

A gift edition of "The Puffin Book of Twentieth-Century Verse" for children featuring over 100 poets from the last 100 years.

2023-06-28