Carol Ann Duffy - Favourite Poems for Children

Carol Ann Duffy - Favourite Poems for Children

by Carol Ann Duffy (Author)

Synopsis

Carol Ann Duffy, the Poet Laureate, has chosen her favourite poems for children for this stunning collection of classic and modern verse, exquisitely illustrated by multi-award-winning illustrator Emily Gravett.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Edition: 1
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 11 Oct 2012

ISBN 10: 1447205162
ISBN 13: 9781447205166
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Author Bio
Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has written for both children and adults, and her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread and Forward Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. In 2005 she won the T. S. Eliot Prize for RAPTURE. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009. Emily Gravett is twice winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and the Nestle Children's Book Prize Bronze Award for WOLVES and LITTLE MOUSE'S BIG BOOK OF FEARS. An author/illustrator of unique talent and skill, she has a host of other award-winning and critically acclaimed books to her name, including ORANGE PEAR APPLE BEAR, MONKEY AND ME, THE ODD EGG and BLUE CHAMELEON. Emily lives in Brighton with her partner, daughter and the family dogs.