Notes
Whatever your choice of story, there is a poem for you, because this book brings together some of the best stories ever told in verse. From the magnificent Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and the magical Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, to Roald Dahl’s wicked retelling of Goldilocks and a rip-roaring version of Prince Theseus by Tony Mitton.Contents
Contents : A Good Poem by Roger McGough; Foreword by Kevin Crossley-Holland; Jim who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion by Hilaire Belloc; Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll; Merlin and the Snake’s Egg by Leslie Norris; The Man from Snowy River by A.B. ‘Banjo’ Patterson; A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore; Brave Boy Rap by Tony Mitton; The Grateful Dragon by Raymond Wilson; The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes; The Late Passenger by C.S. Lewis; Goldilocks and the three bears by Roald Dahl; The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service; O What is that sound by W.H. Auden; The Owl and the Pussy-cat and The Children of the Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear; Wynken, Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field; Endword by Kevin Crossley-Holland; poem by Langston Hughes; about the artists; about the writers; sources and acknowledgements;
