101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice Carol Ann Duffy

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101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice by Carol Ann Duffy

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A beautiful poetry collection chosen by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.

101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice Summary

101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice by Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy, appointed Poet Laureate in 2009, 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.

Featuring such classic poems as 'The Owl and the Pussycat' by Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky' alongside Edwin Morgan's 'The Loch Ness Monster's Song' and 'Balloons' by Sylvia Plath, 101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice is a delight for children of all ages and a pleasure to read aloud.

About Carol Ann Duffy

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, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009. Her collections include The World's Wife, Love Poems, Rapture and The Bees which won the Costa Poetry Award.

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.

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GOR004717460

ISBN 13

9781447220268

ISBN 10

1447220269

Title

101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice by Carol Ann Duffy

Author

Carol Ann Duffy

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Year published

2013-03-14

Number of pages

224

Prizes

N/A

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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