"As a revelation of the wonders of the English language, de la Mare's poems for children are quite unrivaled." - W. H. Auden Part of a quintet of books revolved around the four seasons, this is a beautifully atmospheric picture book based around de la Mare's eight line poem. In Summer Evening, readers will join a farmer and his family as they enjoy a picnic dinner in the late summer sun. Their pet cat spots a mouse in the field...