
P is for Poetry
Poems from Irish Poets
O'Brien Press Ltd
Published on 5. October 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-78849-178-5 (ISBN)
Description
Selected poems from bestselling Something Beginning with P in a beautiful new format edition.
Originally published in 2004, the award-winning Something Beginning with P was a collection of new poems for children including poems from leading Irish poets such as Seamus Heaney, Paula Meehan, Rita Ann Higgins, Nuala ni Dhomhnaill, Frank McGuinness and Peter Fallon.
This new, specially curated, edition of P is for Poetry includes best-loved poems and poets taken from the original collection as well as new additions that are sure to become beloved new favourites.
Originally published in 2004, the award-winning Something Beginning with P was a collection of new poems for children including poems from leading Irish poets such as Seamus Heaney, Paula Meehan, Rita Ann Higgins, Nuala ni Dhomhnaill, Frank McGuinness and Peter Fallon.
This new, specially curated, edition of P is for Poetry includes best-loved poems and poets taken from the original collection as well as new additions that are sure to become beloved new favourites.
Reviews / Votes
'an exquisite collection of poetry ... a much anticipated and welcomed collection', Paula Galvin, Our Lady of the Apostles NS, Dublin * InTouch Magazine * More than fifteen years after it was first published, it's great to have a refreshed version of this classic collection of poems. Covering everything from big ideas about our responsibility to this world through to more everyday matters of bike riding and dog poo, this remains a truly vibrant collection. The work of illustrators Alan Clarke, Corinna Askin and typographical illustrator Emma Byrne is outstanding and there can be few other poetry collections that rival its illustrative achievements. It's a collection for every school and home bookshelf * Children's Books Ireland * What a parade of Irish poetic talent * Irish Examiner * An excellent book for people of all ages. Filled with colourful illustrations and delightful poems on a broad range of topics, this book will have the reader always wanting to turn the page to read another. Poems are presented in an attractive way for the reader and children would certainly enjoy listening to adults read aloud from this book. Opportunities to discuss illustrations before, during and after reading are plenty along with poems 'as Gaeilge' which are translated to English at the back of the book. Different types of poems are presented in alternative ways for the reader such as in text language, in small and large print, while poems for differing occasions including Halloween and Christmas are included. With opportunities aplenty for rhyming games, enhancing phonics and phonological awareness and, most importantly, to read for pleasure and enjoyment, this book will be in high demand from children, parents, teachers and adults who enjoy poetry * Seomra Ranga * A remarkable array of verse in both Irish and English, composed especially for children by the likes of Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Aine Ni Ghlinn, and Eilean Ni Chuilleanain * Evening Echo *More details
Edition
Adapted edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 5 years, Interest Age: From 3 years
Edition type
Adapted edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
214 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78849-178-5 (9781788491785)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition

Book
05/2008
3rd Edition
O'Brien Press Ltd
€24.00
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Persons
Seamus Cashman is a poet and former book publisher - he founded the Irish literary publishing house Wolfhound Press in 1974. He has had several volumes of poetry published, including That Morning Will Come: New and Selected Poems (2007), The Sistine Gaze: I too begin with scaffolding (2015) and Talking down the Clock & Other Poems (2023), all from Salmon Poetry (salmonpoetry.com). Now living in Swords, County Dublin, he comes from the village of Conna in County Cork.
Emma Byrne is a graphic designer and artist. She is a graduate of Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. She has won numerous awards for her design including The IDI (Irish Design Institute) Graduate Designer of the Year, the IDI Promotional Literature Award for her work on Brown Morning, and a Children's Books Ireland Bisto Merit Award for her work on Something Beginning With P: New Poems from Irish Poets. She has illustrated many books, including Best-Loved Oscar Wilde, Best-Loved Yeats, The Most Beautiful Letter in the World by Karl O'Neill, a special edition of Ulysses by James Joyce, and A Terrible Beauty by Mairead Ashe Fitzgerald. Her other books are Irish Thatch and, with Eoin O'Brien, Best-Loved Irish Ballads.
Emma Byrne is a graphic designer and artist. She is a graduate of Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. She has won numerous awards for her design including The IDI (Irish Design Institute) Graduate Designer of the Year, the IDI Promotional Literature Award for her work on Brown Morning, and a Children's Books Ireland Bisto Merit Award for her work on Something Beginning With P: New Poems from Irish Poets. She has illustrated many books, including Best-Loved Oscar Wilde, Best-Loved Yeats, The Most Beautiful Letter in the World by Karl O'Neill, a special edition of Ulysses by James Joyce, and A Terrible Beauty by Mairead Ashe Fitzgerald. Her other books are Irish Thatch and, with Eoin O'Brien, Best-Loved Irish Ballads.
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