On A Bat's Back (Hardcover)

Mirabel Guinness

ISBN 10: 1912945029 / ISBN 13: 9781912945023

Published by Mount House Press, Swindon, 2019

About this Item

Hardcover. A beautifully presented anthology of poetry, chosen with children in mind and designed to form a bedrock of knowledge to accompany them through life. Richly illustrated by Roland Pym, the poems range from nursery rhymes to mature and thoughtful themes, the poets ranging from the seventeenth century classics to twentieth century figures such as Auden, Belloc, Betjeman, and Eliot, amongst many others. An Anthology of Poetry for Children illustrated by Roland Pym. Poems range from Nursery Rhymes to nonsense verse by Lear and Carroll, as well as classics by Keats, Tennyson, RL Stevenson, WB Yeats, Auden and Betjeman. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On A Bat's Back (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Mount House Press, Swindon
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1912945029
• ISBN 13: 9781912945023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Pym, Roland
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

A beautifully presented anthology of poetry, chosen with children in mind and designed to form a bedrock of knowledge to accompany them through life. Richly illustrated by Roland Pym, the poems range from nursery rhymes to mature and thoughtful themes, the poets ranging from the seventeenth century classics to twentieth century figures such as Auden, Belloc, Betjeman, and Eliot, amongst many others.

About the Author

Roland Pym was a painter, illustrator, and theatrical designer whose work was redolent of the lyrical and romantic mood of the 1920s and 1930s in England. Mirabel Jane Guinness grew up in Hampshire and Dublin surrounded by poetry. She studied at Cranborne Chase School, Dorset and graduated from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England.