Carol Ann Duffy, appointed Poet Laureate in 2009, has chosen her favourite poems for children for this stunning collection of classic and modern verse, exquisitely illustrated by multi-award-winning illustrator Emily Gravett.
Featuring such classic poems as 'The Owl and the Pussycat' by Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky' alongside Edwin Morgan's 'The Loch Ness Monster's Song' and 'Balloons' by Sylvia Plath, 101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice is a delight for children of all ages and a pleasure to read aloud.
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A beautiful poetry collection chosen by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
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4 | (3) |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (2) |
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Ten Things Found in a Shipwrecked Sailor's Pocket |
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22 | (1) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (3) |
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27 | (1) |
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The Dream of the Cabbage Caterpillars |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (4) |
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Good Morning, Mr Croco-Doco-Dile |
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49 | (1) |
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To A Squirrel at Kyle-Na-No |
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50 | (1) |
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For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry |
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51 | (6) |
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57 | (3) |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (3) |
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His Grange, or Private Wealth |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (4) |
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The Loch Ness Monster's Song |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (1) |
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Something for A Bluebottle |
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80 | (2) |
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From A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (3) |
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12th November: Winter Honey |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (3) |
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Answer to A Child's Question |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (2) |
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From Getting to Know Fish |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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At Nine of the Night I Opened My Door |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (2) |
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The Song of Wandering Aengus |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (3) |
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Great-Grandmother's Lament |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (3) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (4) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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Death is Smaller Than I Thought |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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Why Do You Stay Up So Late? |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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You are Old, Father William |
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146 | (3) |
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149 | (2) |
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The Good Friend of Melanie Moon |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (3) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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Maggie and Milly and May Molly and May |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (5) |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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A Star Here and a Star There |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (3) |
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| Index of First Lines |
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181 | (6) |
| Index of Poets |
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187 | (4) |
| Acknowledgements |
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Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has written for both children and adults, and her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009. Her collections include The World's Wife, Love Poems, Rapture and The Bees which won the Costa Poetry Award.
Emily Gravett is twice winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award for Wolves and Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears. An author/illustrator of unique talent and skill, she has a host of other award-winning and critically acclaimed books to her name, including Orange Pear Apple Bear, Monkey and Me, The Odd Egg and Blue Chameleon. Emily lives in Brighton with her partner, daughter and the family dogs.
