From Mouth to Mouth (Oral Poems from Around the World)

From Mouth to Mouth (Oral Poems from Around the World)

by Grace Nichols (Editor), Annabel Wright (Illustrator), Annabel Wright (Illustrator), Grace Nichols (Editor), John Agard (Editor)

Synopsis

This anthology brings together poems passed from mouth to mouth, generation to generation, from all over the world: Russia, India, Jamaica, Vietnam...There are schoolyard chants, sea shanties, work-songs, riddles, spells and curses, and much, much more..

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 144
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Published: 02 Aug 2004

ISBN 10: 0744583837
ISBN 13: 9780744583830
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Media Reviews
Timeless and universal. * The Irish Times *
Author Bio
John Agard and Grace Nichols were brought up in Guyana, moving to Britain in 1977. Both are well known as writers and performers of poetry for children and adults, and Grace has been awarded the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. They live in Sussex. Annabel Wright is a singer as well an illustrator. This is her first title for Walker. She lives in Glasgow.