- Library Binding: 32 pages
- Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books (J) (Sep 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0152343407
- ISBN-13: 978-0152343408
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 9.4 x 0.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,702,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Anyone who likes reading poetry aloud will leap on this, and the pictures fit the text perfectly.'
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Books for Keeps, September 1999
'Keeping's illustrations are amongst the most powerful images ever to have appeared in children's literature.'
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved this book. We read it in school and each got to read a paragraph with sound effects too. We made a really mystical atmosphere to the story and everyone thought that it was really good. All of the girls thought that Bess was really brave and in love and all of the boys thought that the Highwayman was really cool. They especially liked the gory bits. At the end, we all made up a story to the poem, only in our english today, not Olde English. Everyone enjoyed it immensly.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
bought this book for use in school and now school have bought a class set. if you are teaching or studying the highwayman this book is a must. brilliant all round.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When I first heard the poem I thought it was both chilling and brilliant. The words and the suspense that is created throughout the poem is gripping. Teamed with its excellent illustrations, this book is an absolute winner!!
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THe Highwayman
Excellent product promptly dispatched and arrived exactly on time at the address I wished it to go to (which was different to my own)
Published 3 months ago by Hazel Brooks
Not much to say
It's perfect, the book is in pristine condition.
The illustrations took me back years and the poem itself holds a secure place in my heart.
Thank you very much.
The illustrations took me back years and the poem itself holds a secure place in my heart.
Thank you very much.
Published 6 months ago by CrazyPerson
Beginner's luck?
I am not a typist and am only just beginning to learn how to use a computer so managing to order something over the internet was a great triumph for me. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Exsul
wonderful!
I picked this up by chance at a second hand bookshop, and had to have it. It's short, and presents like a childrens book, but I'd say it's far from. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Larewen Evenstar
special pictures
Love the illustrations, they are fantastic. The poem is haunting, more of a rhyming story really but very readable. Just a fab book to have on a shelf and dip in and out of.
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by jules
The Highwayman
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, I bought this because my sister used to read it to me in bed when I was a small child! I have never forgotten it. Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2009 by Mrs. Josephine Reynolds
Timeless, Haunting, Masterpiece....
Stand and Deliver.......Your Money or your Life....
"The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy... Read more
"The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy... Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2007 by Anne-Marie Marquess
it was a good book
it was a good story and it was short so the basic story was good.it was good on the detail about what happened but the characters wasn't that good described. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2000
Brill
This is one of the best poems I have ever read, it is perfect all the way through and the illustrations are brilliant too.
Published on 22 Jan 2000
The rich use of metaphor, onomatopeia,alliteration, rhythm
I agree with you reader's comment from Australia this is a rich and exciting narrative poem. As a teaching resource for exploring figuarative language such alliteration, metpahor,... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2000
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