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DESCRIPTION : This
beautifully illustrated book of newly commissioned poetry for young
readers brings together work from many of the leading names in Irish
poetry — poems from over 100 internationally acclaimed poets
and established national voices including Seamus Heaney, Brendan
Kennelly, Paul Muldoon, Dennis O'Driscoll, Thomas Kinsella, Medbh
McGuckian, Des Egan, Siobhán Campbell and Paul Meehan, among
others.
Written and published for
young readers from ages 5 to 12, this is a book about words, voices,
play, song, fun — the perfect channels for ideas, for
discoveries. The poems range from serious to trivial, from simple
rhyming verse forms to a long poem for four voices. The texte is
illustrated by two leading Irish artists in colour and black and white,
giving the book a dynamic and modern visual
« come-hither » to entice young
readers.
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Seamus
Cashman established Wolfhound Press Ltd in 1974 as a literary and
cultural publishing house, and as publisher until 2001 won an
international reputation for the press, earning many design, publishing
and children's book awards over the years. A former teacher and book
editor, his own published works include two co-edited and lasting
volumes, Irish Poems for Young People and Proverbs and Sayings of
Ireland. He is author of two poetry collections, Carnival and Clowns
and Acrobats. He is a board member of Children's Books Ireland, and
works as an independent publishing consultant. |
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