Watching the Swallows: A Book of Bird Poems

Watching the Swallows: A Book of Bird Poems
Harry Tennant
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Hardback
h200 x 140mm - 96pg
6 May 2021 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781406397789
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"No budding ornithologist should be without Watching the Swallows. " - Telegraph A stylish gift-book anthology of 50 poems for bird-lovers, perfect for all ages. Published in partnership with the RSPB, the 50 poems in this striking little gift book celebrate birds of every feather - from the cuckoo in her nest to kingfishers by the river, eagles soaring over the mountains and wild geese returning south for the winter. In their clarity and considerable charm, these poems are chosen to appeal to readers aged eight to one hundred and eight, including classics from masters of the genre, one or two overlooked gems and recent verses by contemporary writers. With five sections to choose between - Outside Your Window, By the Water, In Among the Trees, On the Wing and Out in the Fields - this collection has something for everyone and would make a perfect gift for bird-lovers . . . young and old alike!
No budding ornithologist should be without Watching the Swallows, an eclectic anthology of bird poems, illustrated by Harry Tennant. * The Daily Telegraph *
Poems by Basho, Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, Buson, John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Dickinson, John Drinkwater, Du Mu, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Margarita Engle, Rachel Field, Kenneth Grahame, Thomas Hardy, James Hogg, Mary Howitt, Ted Hughes, Victor Hugo, John Keats, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Sarojini Naidu, Grace Nichols, Yone Noguchi, Po Chu-i, Shazea Quraishi, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Christina Rossetti, Siegfried Sassoon, Vikram Seth, Sara Teasdale, Tennyson, Celia Thaxter, Edward Thomas, R. S. Thomas, Charles Waters, Dorothy Wordsworth and Elinor Wylie, as well as anonymous and traditional verse. Harry Tennant is London-born, but escaped to the coves of Cornwall to study illustration at University College Falmouth, before returning to the capital once more. This is his second book for Walker, after the Walker Studio title Darwin' s Rival.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781406397789
Published: 6 May 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Walker Books
Publisher: Walker Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 200mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 96

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