My First Oxford Book of Poems

by JohnFoster (Editor)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.25

  This is a book that introduces young children to the world of traditional poetry and high quality modern poems. Children can share old favourites and discover new ones. The themes are animals, weather and seasons, bedtime, fantasy, and nonsense. The poets vary from Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Longfellow, through Rosetti, Lawrence and Farjeon, to Causley, Milligan and Hughes.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.39

  From seeing shapes in clouds to the colourful peacock, and from the silly old baboon to the sounds of the sea and the rhythm of the banjo dance, here is a wonderfully varied collection of first poems drawn together by best-selling anthologist, John Foster. Children will love the mix of poems covering familiar surroundings and those that are more exotic or nonsensical which capture their imagination. A huge range of favourite poets is included, such as Edward Lear, Ogden Nash, Ted Hughes, Charles Causley, James Berry, Eleanor Farjeon, and Spike Milligan. Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout by a number of different artists, this book is a very useful resource and an ideal gift.