The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems traces our journey through life from birth to old age. Along the way, the works of some of the finest poets in the English language celebrate all kinds of human experience: the wide-eyed wonder and adventure of childhood; the magnificence of the natural world and the animal kingdom; the mystery of love and the tragedy of war. Here are poems by John Milton, Lord Byron, Eleanor Farjeon, Alfred Noyes. Here too are the voices of Christina Rossetti, Robert Frost, W H Auden, Rainer Maria Rilke, Marianne Moore. These and many others come together in an anthology that reflects every facet of life with a thoughtful blend of humour and playfulness, poignancy and nostalgia. Beautifully illustrated as well as compiled by Jackie Morris, and with words that speak luminously of and for themselves, this is a book for a child to grow up with, and a collection to be treasured by poetry lovers of all ages.
128pp, 240mm x 286mm, illus. in colour, hardback, 2006