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Classic poems for children, best-loved verse from the great poets including Lewis Carroll, John Keats and Walt Whitman

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Classic poems for children

best-loved verse from the great poets including Lewis Carroll, John Keats and Walt Whitman

This beautifully presented book features classic pieces by many of the world's much-loved writers and poets such as Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde and Thomas Hardy. It includes poems that will delight children of all ages such as Hush little baby, The owl and the pussycat, and Waltzing Matilda, as well as more challenging works such as Lord Byron's She walks in beauty, Shakespeare's Shall I compare thee to a summer's day, and My shadow by Robert Louis Stephenson. Split into thematic sections, there are poems of love and adventure, sadness and happiness, travel and discovery, some are hundreds of years old and others are refreshingly modern

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