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Poems for New Parents
A beautiful gift anthology of classic poetry which captures the excitement and joy of a new arrival in the family.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited by Becky Brown.
There are poems which celebrate the anticipation of the happy event and the outburst of joy and hope which it brings. There are gorgeous lullabies and rhymes to read aloud as well as wise words of encouragement and advice. Poems for New Parents also looks forward to a child’s own discoveries and flourishing imagination. In this perfect present for new parents, you’ll find poetry that’s inspiring and poignant, sometimes funny and sometimes reflective, from a wealth of famous poets such as William Wordsworth, Lewis Carroll and Mary Coleridge.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited by Becky Brown.
There are poems which celebrate the anticipation of the happy event and the outburst of joy and hope which it brings. There are gorgeous lullabies and rhymes to read aloud as well as wise words of encouragement and advice. Poems for New Parents also looks forward to a child’s own discoveries and flourishing imagination. In this perfect present for new parents, you’ll find poetry that’s inspiring and poignant, sometimes funny and sometimes reflective, from a wealth of famous poets such as William Wordsworth, Lewis Carroll and Mary Coleridge.
208 pages, Hardcover
Published April 26, 2022
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October 4, 2024
Nothing much to say about this one. It is exactly what you'd expect.
There's a good spread of the usual suspects of English poetry. The works are of mixed quality, with a focus on shorter poems (and the occasional book extract) to keep this volume pocket-sized.
There is a vague sort of feeling that some are included just because they loosely fit the theme, as though a search has been run through a poetry database for 'baby' and 'child', and in it goes. There are many that inspire little more than a shrug.
There's been some apparent effort to divide these into categories, but really, the poems stand on their own merit, and I'm not going to give more than a 2-star 'meh' to someone just gathering the works of others together and slapping their own name on the cover.
There's a good spread of the usual suspects of English poetry. The works are of mixed quality, with a focus on shorter poems (and the occasional book extract) to keep this volume pocket-sized.
There is a vague sort of feeling that some are included just because they loosely fit the theme, as though a search has been run through a poetry database for 'baby' and 'child', and in it goes. There are many that inspire little more than a shrug.
There's been some apparent effort to divide these into categories, but really, the poems stand on their own merit, and I'm not going to give more than a 2-star 'meh' to someone just gathering the works of others together and slapping their own name on the cover.
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