The Voice

by Walter de la Mare

An illustrated collection of thirteen poems, describing both quiet scenes from daily life and fanciful flights of the imagination

27 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Walter John de la Mare was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his psychological horror short fiction, including "Seaton's Aunt" and "All Hallows". In 1921, his novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.

Reviews

[Monique]

Catherine Brighton, the illustrator, does a series of pictures that follow the life of a little family with pets in a fantasy castle. The poems themselves don't tell a coherent story. If I had liked the poems more (and I expected to), I would have loved this book.