What Is Poetry?
The Essential Guide to Reading and Writing Poems
$24.24
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2016
Summary
A detailed and very personal guide to reading and writing poetry by one of the country’s leading children’s poets.
Over many years as a working poet, Michael Rosen has thought a great deal about what poems are, what they can do and the pleasure that comes from writing and reading poetry. In this invaluable handbook, he shares this knowledge and experience in book form for the very first time. Starting with a detailed analysis of a number of classic poems, he offers a real “writer’s gu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844287635 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844287637 |
| Author: | Michael Rosen, Jill Calder |
| Publisher: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 126mm x 198mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
Critics Review
Rosen shares his knowledge and experience of reading and writing poetry in an invaluable handbook, aimed at children and teachers alike. * The Bookseller *
Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen is one of the country’s most popular writers for children. His titles for Walker include We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Little Rabbit Foo Foo, Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, This Is Our House, Bananas In My Ears, Tiny Little Fly, Dear Mother Goose and Dear Fairy Godmother, What’s So Special About Shakespeare and What’s So Special About Dickens, The Bus Is for Us and A Great Big Cuddle. He has written and edited many collections of poems for children and adults, and his readings and performances are always sold out. Michael is also a distinguished critic and academic, and Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths University of London. In 1997 he received the Eleanor Farjeon Award for Services to Children’s Literature, and was the Children’s Laureate from 2007 to 2009. Michael lives in North London.
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