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A Shame To Miss Poetry Collection 2

  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens

  • ISBN: 9780552566995

  • Length: 160  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 11mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 117g

  • RRP: £6.99

A Shame To Miss Poetry Collection 2

Anne Fine, the 2001-3 Children's Laureate, is a life-long lover of poetry, and A SHAME TO MISS...2 is one of her three irresistible collections of poetry for young readers.

Aimed at 9-11s, the collection contains a wonderful mixture of the familiar and classic (W H Auden, A E Housman, Christina Rossetti, Wordsworth and other poets) with poems from the late 20th century like Stevie Smith's 'Not Waving but Drowning' or Ted Hughes 'Full Moon and Little Frieda'. Poets from Afro-Caribbean backgrounds like John Agard and Grace Nichols are featured, alongside several other poets from non-European cultures.

  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens

  • ISBN: 9780552566995

  • Length: 160  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 11mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 117g

  • RRP: £6.99

Reviews

  • "Three truly inspiring volumes of poetry."

    Sunday Times

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About the Author

Anne Fine

Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003.

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