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A Shame To Miss Poetry Collection 3

  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens

  • ISBN: 9780552567008

  • Length: 176  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 12mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 128g

  • RRP: £7.99

A Shame To Miss Poetry Collection 3

Selected personally by multi-award-winning author and 2001-3 Children's Laureate, Anne Fine, this is a super collection of poetry that shouldn't be missed by any teen. Kingsley Amis, John Betjeman, Robet Browning, Leonard Clark, Adele Geras, Seamus Heaney, A E Housman, Philip Larkin, Pablo Neruda, Brian Patten and Derek Walcott are amongst the poets featured and there are over 100 poems in total.

  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens

  • ISBN: 9780552567008

  • Length: 176  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 12mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 128g

  • RRP: £7.99

Reviews

  • "Three truly inspiring volumes of poetry."

    Sunday Times

  • "These little collections not only abound with wonders but are inviting and interactive.Parents and teachers should pounce on them."

    Guardian

  • "These three collections represent a stupendous act of rummaging.Her choices are quirky and rather canny"

    Daily Telegraph

  • "For younger readers there's an excellent trio of anthologies"

    Daily Mail

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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.

Anne Fine

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