A Second Golden Treasury of Animal Verse

One of a series of anthologies, all published in the large glossy format of Premier Picturemac: two are of general children's verse and two are of specifically animal verses. In all four, a wide-ranging, and by no means childish, choice is attractively presented alongside appropriate paintings, mostly Victorian. The result is interesting, challenging over a wide age-range and highly decorative. This particular selection ranges through nursery verse to Tennyson and Coleridge, 'Little Bo Peep' to Bunyan's 'Snail': 'she goeth softly but she goeth sure'. The paintings are delightful and enhance the poems admirably. Combined with the high quality of the production, this makes an excellent special book for the classroom, or a gift book for a favourite child.