Oxford Book of Poetry for Children

by Edward Blishen and Brian Wildsmith

Book Overview

Inspire young children to move from nursery rhymes to serious (but not solemn ) verse with this burgeoning collection that includes poems by Lewis Carroll, Christina Rossetti, Shakespeare, and many... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911745343
• ISBN13: 9780911745344
• Release Date: May 1984
• Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Age Range: 5 years and up
• Grade Range: Kindergarten and higher

Customer Reviews

oxford book of poetry for children

Edward Blishen's Oxford Book of Poetry for Children, illustrated by Brian Wildsmith, is the best poetry collection for children I have found. Younger children would enjoy hearing many of the poems read aloud and for older children, there are poems of every type and mood. The selection offers poetry of a very high quality and ranges from nursery and nonsense rhymes to many of the language's major poets. I purchased this lovely book for my two grandchildren but they won't be seeing it until I have copied out several old favourites for which I have been searching in vain for some time.