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The Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children

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The Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children is a treasury of great poems chosen for the sheer pleasure they offer to readers of all ages. Compiler Gillian Avery's aim was to avoid condescending to children and "to assemble a collection of poems that the owner will not outgrow." With that in mind, she has included very few works that were written solely for a young audience. The more than 250 pieces gathered here range from ballads to epics, from inspired nonsense to memorable reflections on love and death. A wide variety of poets grace these pages, from Mother Goose to Shakespeare, from Emily Dickinson to Noel Coward, from Robert Frost to Ogden Nash. Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" and Rosetti's "Goblin Market" will enchant young readers as much as T. S. Eliot's "The Naming of Cats" and Lewis Carroll's "The Mock-Turtle's Song" will entertain them. Adorned with engravings by the eighteenth-century artist Thomas Bewick, this collection belongs in every family's library.

379 pages, Hardcover

First published September 27,1994

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379 pages, Hardcover
Published
September 27, 1994 by Everyman's Library
ISBN
9780679436348
ASIN
0679436340
Language
English

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April 17,2025
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I've been impressed with the whole Everyman series of books. Most of them are of classic books, many with copies of the original illustrations. Beautifully done series of books that are bound nicely but not so nicely that they're overpriced. Young families with children who would read or have these books read to them should be able to afford them.
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ramenyst
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April 17,2025
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I read some poetry to Elizah every morning to get her going. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I suppose it gets me going as well, but I've usually had a sniff of coffee at that point so my controls are a bit off. It also gives me an idea of how awake I am - based on how much I trip over punctuation and pronunciation.

We are only about 1/3 of the way through and this particular volume has been a superb compilation so far. It has all of the classic stuff in it such as Lewis Carroll, Shakespeare, Stevenson, or whatever you might consider classic in the child's vein.

Today I read Yeats "The Stolen Child". I love it for the ending quatrain of each section....

...we finished the compilation last Friday. The ending chapter is a mish-mosh of poems that sort of dragged on. There were some good ones in there, though nothing that made me jump up and add it to this description.

This was a good compilation over all - mostly British with some works from places Britain colonized. It is worth adding to your collection if you get it for free - otherwise consider buying the collections of individual poets.
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Calec
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April 17,2025
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Anthologies are always good to have in your library. They help you discover authors, writers, poets, etc.. A good addition on your bookshelves.
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An impressively diverse anthology of classic poems. Includes all the greats(Keats, Yates, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Byron, Shelly, Caroll and many others) You might not love every poem in here but you definitely will love some. They are divided into categories like seasons or strange tales or nonsense verse. There’s a handy first line index at the end as well as an index by author. Also includes some medieval hymns and local folk songs from different parts of the world. I found some old favorites and formed some new ones like this one.

The Eagle

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Deago
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April 17,2025
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This is a great collection of over 250 classic poems. I think it has great value as a reference of good poetry, but I question how many children will be passionate about this book and these poems. Older children will be more interested but younger children will likely be far more interested in Silverstein, Florian, and other modern poets. This anthology groups the poems into several categories: Rhymes and Nonsense; The Year and Its Seasons; Journeys and Places; Spells, Magic and Mystery; Strange Tales; Music and Dancing; Battles, Soldiers, and Patriots; Birds and Beasts; Childhood and Youth; Some People; Love and Lover’s Tales; Last Things. It includes poets such as Eliot, Dickinson, Hardy, Keats, Hughes, Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Wordsworth. Certainly, this is an excellent collection of poems. I doubt that today’s children will be impressed but it would be a good addition to a school library to ensure that these classic works are available when students are ready to read them.
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