Alfred Noyes's famous poem still has the power to thrill us as we read the story of the highwayman and his doomed love for Bess, the landlord's black-eyed daughter. Charles Keeping's stunning illustrations won this book the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1982.
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'Anyone who likes reading poetry aloud will leap on this, and the pictures fit the text perfectly.' -- Daily Telegraph
'Keeping's illustrations are amongst the most powerful images ever to have appeared in children's literature.'
-- Books for Keeps, September 1999
'Keeping's illustrations are amongst the most powerful images ever to have appeared in children's literature.'
-- Books for Keeps, September 1999
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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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.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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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.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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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. It contains some rather adult themes for a book that really looks like it should be for children (the typeset gives it this feeling).
the illustrations are wonderful and really bring this book to life, it's well worth getting a copy, despite how short it is. I highly recommend this!
the illustrations are wonderful and really bring this book to life, it's well worth getting a copy, despite how short it is. I highly recommend this!
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Spooky
This aged poem is now popular again and is included frequently in the KS2 Literature syllabus. Keeping's illustrations perfectly enhance the ghostly aspects of the words and show... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Theotherjay
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Beautiful in every way
I just baught this for my sister, because she adores this book, and she is 20+ haha!
Childhood memories recall this chilling poetic story of a Highwayman and his lover,... Read more
Childhood memories recall this chilling poetic story of a Highwayman and his lover,... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Emma
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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 14 months ago by Hazel Brooks
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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 18 months ago by CrazyPerson
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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 on 13 Mar 2011 by Exsul
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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
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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
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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
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A chilling, wonderful poem with fantastic illustrations.
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. Read more
Published on 17 April 2002
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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
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