Classic Treasury: First Poems by Belinda Galagher (Hardcover)

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Description

Classic Treasury First Poems is one of our most popular poem books for kids aged 4+. A bumper compilation of famous works, modern masterpieces and anonymous poems from around the world, this book is a must-have introduction to verse for kids and is sure to be a hit with young poetry fans.

# Each poem has been specifically selected for the age group.

# Amazing artworks illustrate every poem to draw in young readers.

# A wonderful gift for children to start reading at a young age.

In Classic Treasury First Poems, kids can explore the delightful poems to suit all moods, sparking a love of both reading and writing. There are four chapters, some containing over 50 poems, that each focus on a particular content, style or purpose, For example, 'Fun and nonsense' contains 'riddles to solve and limericks to laugh at'.

Chapters and poems inside Classic Treasury First Poems:

# Fun and Nonsense chapter includes Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, The Old Man in a Tree by Edward Lear, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee

# Enchanted Lands chapter includes A Fairy's Song by William Shakespeare, The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson and an extract from The Mermaid by Alfred Lord Tennyson

# All the Day Long chapter includes Good Morning by Robert Browning, From Night by William Blake and A Cradle Song by W B Yeats

# A Wonderful World chapter includes an extract from To a Butterfly by William Wordsworth, Seal Lullaby by Rudyard Kipling and I am His Highness' Dog by Alexander Pope

A sample poem, The Old Man in a Tree:

There was an Old Man in a tree

Who was horribly bored by a bee;

When they said, 'Does it buzz?'

He replied, 'Yes, it does!

It's a regular brute of a bee!

Features & Details

Publisher: Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd; 2014th edition (1 August 2014)

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 384 pages

Reading age: 5 - 6 years

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