Product details
- ISBN 9781509860548
- Weight: 830g
- Dimensions: 163 x 242mm
- Publication Date: 07 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
- Age Group: Ages 9-11
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'Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family' – The Guardian
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, peaceful, energetic, upbeat, motivating, and empowering!
An ideal, accessible introduction to poetry, this beautiful collection 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 warm and soulful book is the perfect gift that will last the whole year, with a little bit of magic to read every day.
'If you feel as though your life is lacking a bit of poetry, this is an excellent place to start' – Best Poetry Books of the Year, The Times
Allie Esiri, described in a Tatler profile as 'a poetry powerhouse', is a former English stage, film, and television actress, now a writer. Her iF Poems app was launched to great acclaim and was the Apple Editors' Choice All Time Favourite app. Her books include iF: A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility and The Love Book. Her collection A Poem for Every Night of the Year was a phenomenal success with rave reviews and her follow-up collection A Poem for Every Day of the Year is just as thoughtful and inspiring. Allie also organizes and hosts live poetry events and is on the advisory board for the Cheltenham Festival. A thousand people attended her event at the National Theatre!
Zanna Goldhawk creates her illustrations from her seaside cottage in Cornwall. She takes huge inspiration from nature and animals, and has a mild obsession with colour and pattern (and coffee). Zanna studied illustration at the University of Gloucestershire, where she started her illustrated gifts and stationery business Papio Press with her husband. Now she splits her time between designing beautiful products and illustrating gorgeous books.
