Beautifully illustrated with a carefully curated collection of poems, this anthology will be rewarding to share and a joy for readers to explore on their own.
The introduction alerts us to the ways poetry can make us see familiar things differently, and many of the poems bear this out. Grace Nicholls’ For Forest for example, in which Forest at nighttime when ‘darkness wrap her like a gown’, becomes ‘a bad dream woman’; or Your Dresses by Carol Ann Duffy, which describes Earth’s ‘thunderstorm dress’ and ‘its huge, dark petticoats, /its silver stitches flashing as you run away.’ Robert Macfarlane’s kenning-rich Otter is included together with poems by John Agard, Zaro Weil, Jack Prelutsky and more.
Four talented new illustrators are featured too, their fresh, exciting illustrations as memorable as the poems.
This is a book of poetry for everyone. Inside is a treasure trove of writing celebrating the natural world. Read the poems aloud or curl up with them in a quiet corner.
Begin your journey into a lifelong love of poetry.
This beautifully illustrated collection features powerful poems written by a wide range of contemporary voices. They share their unique perspectives on the topic of nature, from a dreaming forest and bouquets of buried stars to rivers that dance with rocks and the brushed lava fur of the mountain gorilla.
Showcasing original poems alongside existing works, this is a book to share and treasure forever.
'A thoughtful, joyous mood boost' – The Guardian, on Courage in a Poem
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Return to Lewis Carroll's Wonderland with this stunning collection of original stories from today's biggest children's authors - Peter Bunzl, Pamela Butchart, Maz Evans, Swapna Haddow, Patrice Lawrence, Chris Smith, Robin Stevens, Lauren St John, Lisa Thompson, Piers Torday and Amy Wilson.
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