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A Poem for Every Summer Day

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Poem for Every Summer Day
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Allie Esiri
By (author) Allie Esiri
SeriesA Poem for Every Day and Night of the Year
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 135
Category/GenrePoetry anthologies
ISBN/Barcode 9781529045246
ClassificationsDewey:821.008
Audience
Teenage / Young Adult
Children / Juvenile
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Macmillan Children's Books
Publication Date 29 April 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Within the pages of Allie Esiri's gorgeous collection, A Poem for Every Summer Day, you will find verse that will transport you to striking summer scenes and inspire adventure. The poems are selected from Allie Esiri's bestselling poetry anthologies A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year. Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, this book dazzles with an array of familiar favourites and remarkable new discoveries. These seasonal poems - together with introductory paragraphs - have a link to the date on which they appear. Includes poems by Lord Byron, Sylvia Plath, Rudyard Kipling, W.B. Yeats and Langston Hughes who sit alongside Brian Bilston, Michael Rosen, John Agard and Kate Tempest. This soul-enhancing book will keep you company for every day of your life.

Author Biography

Allie Esiri, who read Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University, is an accomplished curator and host of live poetry events at The National Theatre, The Bridge Theatre, and at Hay, Oxford, Bath and Cheltenham literary festivals. Her anthology A Poem for Every Day of the Year was in the best books of the year list in The Times and the Observer and the audiobook is read by Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Russell Beale. Her previous anthology, A Poem for Every Night of the Year was a best book of the year in The Times and the New Statesman and won the IBW 2017 book award.