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Books : The Orchard Book of Poems (Poetry & folk tales)
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The Orchard Book of Poems (Poetry & folk tales) by: Adrian Mitchell Vegetarian Books Price: £9.99 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 808 EAN: 9781860392689 ISBN: 1860392687 Label: Orchard Manufacturer: Orchard Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: August 15, 1996 Publisher: Orchard Studio: Orchard Sales Rank: 324505 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: As Adrian Mitchell reminds us in her introduction, back in the days "when everyone lived in caves or forests...long before writing was invented" people were making up poems. "They all needed poetry" she goes on to say--"love poems, hate poems, poems to make the crops grow or the rain fall." But along the way poetry got left behind, and these days lots of us live without it. What The Orchard Book aims to do is re-introduce poetry into our verse-deprived lives. "Pick a poem, any poem, and read it to yourself," she urges. "If you like it, try reading it aloud. If it sounds good, learn it by heart. It'll stay in your heart and you can use that poem whenever you need it." By including everyone from Anon to Yeats, including the Beatles, John Clare, Dylan Thomas, Walt Whitman, and lesser knowns like the wonderful Meryn Peake, Mitchell makes it easy for children young and old to track down cherished poems and discover new favourites as well. A smattering of line drawings by the talented Chloe Cheese lends enticing warmth to this most cosy collection. "Poetry is your mind dancing / To the drumbeat of your heart," Mitchell writes. The poems she's chosen more than prove this true. --Martha Silano Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - book to treasurei was bought this as a present and it remains one of my most treasured gifts. it encompasses poets from all cultures and periods and is beautifully illustrated. it is a work that radiates with the love and care that was obviously taken in creating it. well worth mere pennies for something you will treasure for a lifetime. |
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