Classic Treasury: First Poems - Softcover

CLASSIC TREASURY FIRST POEMS is one of our most popular poem books for kids aged 4+. A bumper compilation of famous works, modern masterpieces and anonymous poems from around the world, this book is a must-have introduction to verse for kids and is sure to be a hit with young poetry fans. Each poem has been specifically selected for the age group. Amazing artworks illustrate every poem to draw in young readers. A wonderful gift for children to start reading at a young age. In Classic Treasury First Poems, kids can explore the delightful poems to suit all moods, sparking a love of both reading and writing. There are four chapters, some containing over 50 poems, that each focus on a particular content, style or purpose, For example, 'Fun and nonsense' contains 'riddles to solve and limericks to laugh at'. Chapters and poems inside Classic Treasury First Poems: Fun and Nonsense chapter includes Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, The Old Man in a Tree by Edward Lear, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee Enchanted Lands chapter includes A Fairy's Song by William Shakespeare, The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson and an extract from The Mermaid by Alfred Lord Tennyson All the Day Long chapter includes Good Morning by Robert Browning, From Night by William Blake and A Cradle Song by W B Yeats A Wonderful World chapter includes an extract from To a Butterfly by William Wordsworth, Seal Lullaby by Rudyard Kipling and I am His Highness' Dog by Alexander Pope A sample poem, The Old Man in a Tree: There was an Old Man in a tree Who was horribly bored by a bee; When they said, 'Does it buzz?' He replied, 'Yes, it does! It's a regular brute of a bee!'