The Oxford Book of Story Poems - Softcover

Harrison, Michael; Stuart-Clark, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019276344X ISBN 13: 9780192763440

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

How many of one's favorite poems are story poems? This is a wonderful collection of over sixty narratives in verse with thrilling tales, silly nonsense rhymes, tragic poems that will keep you in suspense, and funny, quirky poems that will delight over and over again. All the classic poems you would expect to see are here, such as 'Jabberwocky', 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin', 'The Highwayman', 'The Lady of Shalott', and 'The Owl and the Pussycat' and these combine with more modern but equally satisfying poems to make a rich and varied anthology. Authors include Hilaire Belloc, Edward Lear, Walter de la Mare, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Reeves, Roger McGough, and Michael Rosen.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark are the co-editors of several Oxford anthologies, including A Year Full of Poems, The Dragon Book of Verse, One Hundred Years of Poetry for Children, and The Oxford Treasury of Time Poems.

Review:

`Stunning for reading aloud, this is a remarkable and refreshing collection of poems that tell a story.'
The Daily Telegraph

`a throughly good-looking anthology'
TES

`Compiling anthologies is skilled work. Christopher Stuart-Clark and Michael Harrison have excelled themselves here . . . What library, school, or family could afford to be without it?'
The Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 019276344X
• ISBN 13: 9780192763440
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176