Publisher's Synopsis
For this celebration of our Earth - and the most topical theme of our time, distinguished anthologist Wendy Cooling has chosen poems to make children look, think, and ask questions. Why are trees so important? How are motorways damaging our countryside? What can we do about rubbish?What can we do to protect our Earth for the future? Strong, colourful illustrations combine to make this a gift book with a difference. Poets include Grace Nicholls, Thomas Hardy, Ian Souter, John Milton, Tony Bradman, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Alan Brownjohn, William Blake, Benjamin Zephaniah, Christina Rossetti, Ogden Nash, Andrew Fusek Peters and other poets from all over the world.
Wendy Cooling is a renowned children's books authority and a celebrated anthologist who has been made an MBE for services to children's books. Her previous anthology, ALL THE COLOURS OF THE WORLD, did well and was highly acclaimed. The illustrations are by an award-winning children's illustrator whose work gives the book strong gift potential.
