Peacock Pie - A Book of Rhymes

The perfect gift for children aged 8+, this stunning classic collection of poetry will delight a new generation of readers of the Faber Children's Classics list. Peacock Pie contains the finest of Walter de la Mare's poems for children, accompanied by exquisite original illustrations from Edward Ardizzone. This beautiful new edition of a classic anthology is an essential part of any child's bookshelf.

About the author

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was born in Charlton, Kent. From 1890 to 1908, he worked in the statistics department of the London office of Anglo-American Oil. For the rest of his long life, he was a full-time writer. De la Mare's first collection of poetry, Songs of Childhood, was published under pseudonym in 1902. With the publication of The Listeners (1912) and the classic volume of children's poetry Peacock Pie (1913), he established himself as one of the leading poets of the time. In addition to publishing more than a thousand poems, culminating with The Traveller (1945) and Winged Chariot (1951), considered by many - among them T. S. Eliot, his editor at Faber - to be his finest poems, de la Mare published novels, including Memoirs of a Midget (1921), short stories, drama, stories for children and literary criticism. He also edited celebrated anthologies, including Come Hither (1923) and Behold This Dreamer (1939). Walter de la Mare received the Order of Merit in 1953.

Summary

The perfect gift for children aged 8+, this stunning classic collection of poetry will delight a new generation of readers of the Faber Children's Classics list. Peacock Pie contains the finest of Walter de la Mare's poems for children, accompanied by exquisite original illustrations from Edward Ardizzone.

Product details

• Authors: Walter De La Mare, Walter De La Mare
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9780571313891
• ISBN: 978-0-571-31389-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 180 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Faber Classics; Faber Children's Classics; Faber Children's Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, Interest age: from c 9 years, General Fiction (Children's/Ya), Reading Age: From C 9 Years, Children’s, Teenage & Educational, Educational: English language & literacy, Educational: English Literature