
A Poem for Every Day of the Year (Hardback)
Allie Esiri (author,editor), Papio Press (illustrator)Published: 07/09/2017

Curated with real care and precision, this exquisitely presented collection brings together a wide variety of verse from Lewis Carroll to Kae Tempest in an anthology that readers will treasure forever.
A Poem For Every Day of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri, one to share on every day of the year. Reflecting the changing seasons and linking to events on key dates - funny for April Fool's Day, festive for Christmas - these poems are thoughtful, inspiring, humbling, informative, quiet, loud, small, epic, peaceful, energetic, upbeat, motivating, and empowering!
Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, it is bursting at the seams with familiar favourites and exciting new discoveries. T.S.Eliot, John Betjeman, Lewis Carroll, William Shakespeare and Christina Rossetti sit alongside Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Carol Ann Duffy, and Kae Tempest. This soul-enhancing book is the perfect gift that will last the whole year, with a little bit of magic to read every day.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509860548
Number of pages: 576
Weight: 830 g
Dimensions: 242 x 163 x 55 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A Poem for Every Day does exactly what this sort of book should do and rallies the old crowd-pleasers (Housman, Kipling and Hardy make multiple appearances), then makes occasional dashes off the beaten path to take in things such as Imtiaz Dharker's lovely poem Crab-Apples and even one poem by that gruff bastion of inaccessibility Geoffrey Hill (Ode on the Loss of the Titanic). If you feel as though your life is lacking a bit of poetry, this is an excellent place to start.' - Best Poetry Books of 2017, The Times
'For the whole family but especially eight-plus readers, A Poem for Every Day of the Year... gorgeously presented and intelligently selected.' - New Statesman
'Not only is it a thing of beauty, it also offers an accessible, informative, bitesize approach to poetry.' - Daily Mail
'Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family.' - Guardian
'Allie Esiri's A Poem for Every Day of the Year has 366 great poems, whether a funny one for April Fool's Day, a festive one for Christmas or a moving one for World Refugee Day. It also teaches you about important events through the year.' - The Week Junior
'If you haven't picked up a volume of poetry since school, this is the perfect place to start.' - The Pool
'[A] splendid new compendium... There is material for all ages.' - The Herald
'These poems are funny, thoughtful, inspiring, humbling, informative, quiet, loud, small, epic, peaceful, energetic, upbeat, motivating, and empowering!... It will prove a valuable resource for teachers, and a comprehensive anthology for home libraries.' - Parents in Touch
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