The Children's Classic Poetry Collection
Poems by the world's greatest writers including Blake, Browning, Keats, Shakespeare, Whitman and Wordsworth
Published on 15. September 2025
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-1-86147-893-1 (ISBN)
Description
This beautifully illustrated collection will introduce
children to a lifetime of pleasure in poetry. Carefully
selected, the poems open up an enchanting world of
rhythm and language, feeling and fantasy.
The collection features a wide range of well-known
writers including Christina Rossetti, Oscar Wilde, John Keats, William
Shakespeare, Lord Byron, William Blake and John
Keats. It includes many beautiful poems such as
Robin Hood, Waltzing Matilda, Jemima, A Thing of Beauty, A Lark's Nest, Symphony in Yellow, and Spring and Fall.
Gathering together classic poems on all manner of
wonderous and fascinating themes that children will
thrill to explore, the colourful and imaginative
illustrations on every page capture the magic of
imaginary worlds loved and enjoyed by generations of
girls and boys.The volume includes an 'About the Poets' section with
a brief biography for each.
children to a lifetime of pleasure in poetry. Carefully
selected, the poems open up an enchanting world of
rhythm and language, feeling and fantasy.
The collection features a wide range of well-known
writers including Christina Rossetti, Oscar Wilde, John Keats, William
Shakespeare, Lord Byron, William Blake and John
Keats. It includes many beautiful poems such as
Robin Hood, Waltzing Matilda, Jemima, A Thing of Beauty, A Lark's Nest, Symphony in Yellow, and Spring and Fall.
Gathering together classic poems on all manner of
wonderous and fascinating themes that children will
thrill to explore, the colourful and imaginative
illustrations on every page capture the magic of
imaginary worlds loved and enjoyed by generations of
girls and boys.The volume includes an 'About the Poets' section with
a brief biography for each.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Leicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Anness Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 to 12 years
Illustrations
colour illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 143 mm
Weight
664 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86147-893-1 (9781861478931)
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Nicola Baxter has written or compiled over three hundred
children's titles. She has developed ideas for a wide variety of
international publishers, and particularly enjoys the marriage
of words and pictures that children's books entails.
Cathie Shuttleworth was trained in calligraphy, heraldry and
illumination, but her real love is illustration for children's books.
Her beautifully detailed artwork has attracted admirers from all
over the world. Through her work with the Royal College of
Arms, she has produced coats of arms and also a guide to Buckingham Palace.
children's titles. She has developed ideas for a wide variety of
international publishers, and particularly enjoys the marriage
of words and pictures that children's books entails.
Cathie Shuttleworth was trained in calligraphy, heraldry and
illumination, but her real love is illustration for children's books.
Her beautifully detailed artwork has attracted admirers from all
over the world. Through her work with the Royal College of
Arms, she has produced coats of arms and also a guide to Buckingham Palace.