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New Oxford Book of Children's Verse

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ISBN-10: 0192881078

ISBN-13: 9780192881076

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Neil Philip

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Like its predecessor, Iona and Peter Opie's Oxford Book of Children's Verse, this is an anthology of poetry written for children. It begins in the eighteenth century and ends in 1995, with the emphasis on modern work, and the explosion of talent that has emerged on both sides of the Atlantic in the last 25 years. This is a book bursting with vitality and variety: over 350 poems by more than 200 poets, in which narrative poems, concrete verse and performance poetry with poems of the classroom and playground. Acute observation and language new-made inform all these poems, which represent the ethnic and cultural diversity of contemporary writing for children ranging from African American and…    
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Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/17/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 5.28" wide x 8.46" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English