Collected Poems for Children

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Not just for children. . . - By: ILONACAT, 13 Dec 2005
Too many collections of poetry for children are rather patronizing & rather limited in their scope. My experience is that kids don't just want comic poems and/or poems about bodily functions or slugs. They reallly don't. Ted Hughes never wrote down to children & was passionate in encouraging poets of alll ages. All his children's poetry from the slim volumes is brought together here, "graded" if you like from the poems for younger children to the more sophisticated work in SEASON SONGS. Having said that, a good poem is a good poem is a good poem- these poems are great for adults too. And they are accompanied by lovely images by Raymond Briggs.

I've bought this for my daughter as a Christmas present. She is 7 & a half, very keen on writing poems, also on animals. I believe she'll treasure it always.

If you buy this with THE COLLECTED POEMS OF TED HUGHES, you will have "riches beyond compare" on your bookshelf. At his weakest, he is still interesting-at his best, he is magnificent.

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