# Poems Every Child Should Know

> A beloved anthology gathering the poems generations were once expected to grow up with — verses to be memorised, recited, and carried for life. A treasury of rhythm, story, and feeling chosen for young readers.

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## About
There was a time when certain poems were considered part of a child's birthright, learned by heart and kept for a lifetime. This anthology gathers those verses into one place, a collection meant to be read aloud, memorised, and returned to as the years pass.What it's aboutThe book assembles a wide selection of poems judged especially suitable for the young: ballads and story-poems, lyrics of nature and the seasons, patriotic and moral pieces, and lighter verse full of sound and play. The choices favour clear feeling and strong rhythm, the qualities that make a poem stick in memory.ThemesWonder at the natural world, courage, kindness, home, and the simple music of language recur throughout. Taken together the poems form a gentle education in both feeling and the craft of verse.Why it still mattersReading poetry aloud to children remains one of the surest ways to give them a love of language, and a curated treasury like this spares a family the labour of searching. Many of its poems are cornerstones of the English tradition, encountered here at exactly the right age.Who it's forParents, teachers, and grandparents looking to share poetry with children, and grown readers who want to recover the verses of their own childhood.

## Specifications
- language: en
- format: paperback