Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes - Softcover

De LA Mare, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571149634 ISBN 13: 9780571149636

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1988

Synopsis

"Tired Tim," "The Dunce," "The Ship of Rio," and "The Changeling" are among the poems included in this collection of imaginative rhymes for children

About this title

About the Author:

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was born in Charlton, Kent. In 1890, aged sixteen, he began work in the statistics department of the London office of Anglo-American Oil. In 1907 he published his first collection of poems under the pseudonym Walter Ramal, but he soon established a wide popular reputation in his own name as a leading poet of the Georgian period with volumes like The Listeners (1912), Motley (1918) and The Veil (1921). He also wrote poetry and short stories for younger readers; Peacock Pie (1913), a collection of poems for children, is now considered a twentieth-century classic. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was born in Charlton, Kent. In 1890, aged sixteen, he began work in the statistics department of the London office of Anglo-American Oil. In 1907 he published his first collection of poems under the pseudonym Walter Ramal, but he soon established a wide popular reputation in his own name as a leading poet of the Georgian period with volumes like The Listeners (1912), Motley (1918) and The Veil (1921). He also wrote poetry and short stories for younger readers; Peacock Pie (1913), a collection of poems for children, is now considered a twentieth-century classic.

Review:

"'Peacock Pie is surely one of the greatest children's books of the century.' The Times"

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0571149634
• ISBN 13: 9780571149636
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Ardizzone Edward