Poetry by Heart - Hardcover

Andrew Motion

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903434270 ISBN 13: 9781903434277

Publisher: Chicken House Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

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About the Author

Sir Andrew Motion was UK Poet Laureate from 1999 till 2009, and is Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College, London. Jean Sprackland's Tilt won the Costa Poetry award in 2008. She is a Reader in Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Julie Blake is co-Founder and Director of The Full English, an organization based in Bristol which provides support to teachers of English Literature. Mike Dixon is an educational consultant specializing in English in the classroom.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 5--An engaging anthology that encourages children to learn their favorite poems "by heart." In his foreword, Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate, UK, sets the tone: "If we say we know something `by heart', we mean we keep it in our closest and most inward and important place, because it matters so much to us." The more than 100 poems are arranged thematically into nine sections, and each one is ably illustrated by a different artist. Rose Fyleman's "Singing Time" opens the volume on a happy note: "I wake in the morning early/And always, the very first thing,/I poke out my head and I sit up in bed/And I sing and I sing and I sing." Beatrice Schenk de Regniers's "Keep a Poem in Your Pocket" closes it: "Keep a poem in your pocket/and a picture in your head/and you'll never feel lonely/at night when you're in bed." In between is a delightful assortment of classic selections by famous poets, including John Masefield's "Sea Fever," William Blake's "The Tyger," Emily Dickinson's "Morning," and William Shakespeare's "Full Fathom Five." Much-loved children's poets are also represented, including Roald Dahl, Edward Lear, Mary Ann Hoberman, and Judith Viorst. Each carefully selected poem has the potential to connect quietly with children, to encourage them to learn the verse and store it in what Dennis Lee calls "The Secret Place": "There's a place I know inside myself,/Where nobody else can be,/And none of my friends can tell it's there-/Nobody knows but me." The pages are uncrowded, beautifully illustrated, and very inviting.

Lee Bock, Glenbrook School, Pulaski, WI

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Edition details

• Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1903434270
• ISBN 13: 9781903434277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Liz Attenborough