The Kingfisher Poetry Library

Three fantastic poetry collections in one go! The Kingfisher Poetry Library brings together three favourite collections of poetry in one attractively priced package. Available for the first time as a single purchase, these books have great appeal for a new generation of readers. The carefully chosen poems reflect different themes and moods; each book is a delight in its own right. These poems are perfect for reading aloud to younger children, and make a wonderful introduction to the world of poetry for more confident readers.

An illustrated collection of poems, ballads, limericks, riddles in rhyme, and nonsense verse.

The cove--Fog--Gradual clearing--The outer bar--Sea mouse--Beach glass-Marine surface, low overcast--(etc.).

In this comprehensive collection, Michael Rosen encourages children to see poetry as lively and entertaining. To this end, he has included ballads, limericks, riddles, and nonsense verse, as well as a wide variety of poetry old and new, from ancient China to 19th-century Norway and modern Guyana. Illustrated with more than 100 fanciful line drawings.

The author demonstrates that "The Kingfishers," as Olson's first long poem, is so crucial to understanding his development that a study of it (along with "The Praises," cut from the same cloth) takes one into every aspect of Olson's early life and thought. Insight into Olson's apprenticeship and purposes has been somewhat blurred because "The Kingfishers" has not been entirely understood.

A collection of over 200 poems, limericks, and verses from such authors as Emily Dickinson, Lewis Carroll, and Shel Silverstein, compiled by a British poet and broadcaster.

From small beginnings as a self-published writer producing booklets in response to demand from people who attended her retreats or quiet days, Ann Lewin has gone on to be on of the most successful writers of prayers and reflective poetry. With the "Inspire" imprint closing in 2009, Canterbury Press welcomes this fine writer and is pleased to announce a new edition of Ann's bestselling book, "Watching for the Kingfisher", named after her most well known poem about prayer. Ann draws many insights into the nature of prayer from her love of birdwatching, and images from the natural world and from scripture permeate her writing. Wit, warmth and economy of expression characterise her style.

Edited by one of Britain''s best-known contem porary poets, with pictures by the award-winning illustrator of Walking the Bridge of Your Nose, this book of love poetr y features poets such as Ogden Nash, W. H. Auden, T. S. Elio t and Maya Angelou. '