Rhymes and Verses: Collected Poems for Children

by Walter de la Mare

Book Overview

A beloved classic of children's poetry"Only the rarest kind of best in anything can be good enough for the young, " wrote Walter de la Mare, and this handsome reissue of Rhymes and Verses, an anthology of all his poems for children, does indeed offer the "rarest kind of best" to a new generation of young people.De la Mare's verse recaptures the direct appeal of the nursery rhyme in poems of amazing variety, poems marked by charm and freshness and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805008489
• ISBN13: 9780805008487
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 3

Customer Reviews

a joy!

I discovered the work of Walter de la Mare poem by poem. Reading through anthologies, I picked poems I liked, and often found his name at the bottom of them. I recently bought this anthology, which puts together several of his earlier volumes of poetry for young people. Young, I think, is any age under 130. I am 42 years young, and love the magic de la Mare makes with language. Highly recommended!