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Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes (FF Classics) [Paperback]

Walter de la Mare
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (9 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571207510
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571207510
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 276,822 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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

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'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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I was captivated by a poem of de la Mare in the "Poem of the Day Two" Anthology. When I found this volume I picked it up...and it did not disappoint. "Peacock Pie" is "A Book of Rhyme" for children and happens to be de la Mare's most enduring collection - hence the only of his collections to be reissued en bloc by Faber & Faber. Unlike his near contemporary A.A. Milne, de la Mare did not write the sort of poetry that most children will identify with I don't think. But his poetry any child - and grown-up who has not forsaken his innate Romantic psyche - will be able to empathize with. Isn't "The Bookworm" de la Mare's version of "The Table Turned", that poem which was a cornerstone of Romanticism?

This edition features attractive and (even more so) highly evocative illustrations by Ardizzone. He is not my preferred illustrator but for Faber to choose to reiisue this collection illustrated in this age is merit and achievement in itself. My only real reservation with this edition is that it does away with, as I later discovered, the categorisation of the poems. The actual sequence I think has been left intact, but the division I finds illuminates it further. So 1 star knocked off for that.
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Purchased this for my mother, she is really pleased with it - all the poems she remembers from her schooldays (during WW2). Quite a nostalgia fest for her, so glad I bought it.
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My Sister had asked me to buy some poetry by Walter de la Mare for her birthday and this was one of the books I bought for her. She is very pleased with the book whilst I am happy with the price I paid and the swift delivery.
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