The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Poetry

by Alison Sage

An anthology of poems for the whole family to treasure.

Genres: Poetry, Childrens

First published August 6, 1998

About the author

Alison Sage has been a children's editor and writer for over twenty years. She read English at King's College, London, and began her career in children's publishing with Ernest Benn. It was access to their archives, representing seventy years of publishing, that spurred a lifelong passion for children's literature.

Reviews

[Isobel · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Hutchinson Treasury of Children’s Poetry has a range of poems for older and younger children: such as nursery rhymes and rhyming poems for younger children and more advanced for older children. From the different sections of the poetry for younger and older children, I love “doin’ The pig’ by Michael Rosen and The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll. These are both different and they introduce to the children how poetry can be different, such as a narrative and short poem.

[Derek Henderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brilliant selection of poetry with highly suggestive illustrations. Bravo!

[Sharon Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Out of all the books in my children's bedroom this is a firm favourite with my youngest (9 years) eight months after Santa brought it. It's outlasted fairies, ponies and dinosaur book sets. I highly recommend it for a well balanced, all ages poetry collection. It's not everywhere you see TS Eliot sharing a hardback with Michael Rosen.