Swings and Shadows: A Childhood in Poetry
Edited by Anne Harvey, Illustrated by David Frankland
Published by Red Fox
208pp, Poetry, 0-09-964681-1, £5.99 pbk
'Who is that child I see wandering, wandering...' Harvey has captured the childhood Charles Causley's poem 'Who?' remembers and celebrates all aspects of childhood in this anthology of poems. She has brought together poems old and new by poets traditional and contemporary to mark the many experiences, moods and memories of childhood. Each section begins with a prose extract from writers as various as Edward Thomas, Dickens, Ellen Terry and Rumer Godden and covers a myriad of moments from dressing up, shadows and the seaside to school days, families and growing up. This anthology is inspiring and a pure delight to read for all ages.
Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001) by Helen Taylor (HT)
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