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Peacock Pie (Children's Classics) Walter De La Mare

Peacock Pie (Children's Classics) By Walter De La Mare

Peacock Pie (Children's Classics) by Walter De La Mare


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This is a classic of children's literature, the charm and melancholy humour of de la Mare's poems is captured here by Edward Ardizzone's illustrations.

Peacock Pie (Children's Classics) Summary

Peacock Pie (Children's Classics) by Walter De La Mare

'Surely one of the great children's books of the century.' The Times Peacock Pie contains the finest of Walter de la Mare's poems for children, accompanied by exquisite original illustrations from Edward Ardizzone. This classic anthology is an essential part of any child's bookshelf.

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'Peacock Pie is surely one of the greatest children's books of the century.' The Times

About Walter De La Mare

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was born in Charlton, Kent. In 1890, aged sixteen, he began work in the statistics department of the London office of Anglo-American Oil. In 1907 he published his first collection of poems under the pseudonym Walter Ramal, but he soon established a wide popular reputation in his own name as a leading poet of the Georgian period with volumes like The Listeners (1912), Motley (1918) and The Veil (1921). He also wrote poetry and short stories for younger readers; Peacock Pie (1913), a collection of poems for children, is now considered a twentieth-century classic.Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was born in Charlton, Kent. In 1890, aged sixteen, he began work in the statistics department of the London office of Anglo-American Oil. In 1907 he published his first collection of poems under the pseudonym Walter Ramal, but he soon established a wide popular reputation in his own name as a leading poet of the Georgian period with volumes like The Listeners (1912), Motley (1918) and The Veil (1921). He also wrote poetry and short stories for younger readers; Peacock Pie (1913), a collection of poems for children, is now considered a twentieth-century classic.

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GOR002305614
9780571207510
0571207510
Peacock Pie (Children's Classics) by Walter De La Mare
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Faber & Faber
20010409
128
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