The Oxford Book of Children's Verse by Iona Opie

The Oxford Book of Children's Verse by Iona Opie

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This title explores the enchanting world of children and make-believe in this entertaining collection of classic British and American poetry.

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The Oxford Book of Children's Verse by Iona Opie

This title explores the enchanting world of children and make-believe in this entertaining collection of classic British and American poetry.
Iona Opie has dedicated her life to collecting and preserving children's rhymes as an art form. I suppose my message in life is 'Nursery rhymes are good for you.' And the sooner you start, the better. I always have one myself every morning. I just open a nursery rhyme book at random. This morning I read:
Taffy was born on a
moonshiney night.

His head in a pipskin,
his heels upright.

You see, if you acquire a nursery rhyme-ical attitude, you're not at all put out by life's little bumps and bruises--they just seem funny and entirely normal.


Rosemary Wells says, We live in a time when our language is shrinking. Mother Goose, which represents our language at its most innocent, playful, and profound, is in danger of disappearing completely. Rhymes that have been repeated and refined for forty generations are no longer being taught to children. It is a great honor to work with Iona Opie with the hope of preserving these rhymes for many generations more. Rosemary wells lives in New York.

SKU Non disponible
ISBN 13 9780198121404
ISBN 10 0198121407
Titre The Oxford Book of Children's Verse
Auteur Iona Opie
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Hardback
Éditeur Oxford University Press
Année de publication 1973-05-01
Nombre de pages 440
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