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  2. Charles Causley - Wikipedia

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    He was much in demand at poetry readings in the United Kingdom and worldwide—the latter travels were sometimes as part of Arts Council and British Council initiatives. He also made many television and radio appearances over the post-war period, particularly for the BBC in the West Country, and as the presenter for many years of the BBC Radio ...

  3. Children's poetry - Wikipedia

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    United States - In the United States children's poetry awards include the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, established in 1977, awarded annually by the National Council of Teachers of English [27] and the position of Young People's Poet Laureate, a two-year appointment awarded by the Poetry Foundation to an author of children's ...

  4. A Child's Garden of Verses - Wikipedia

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    Title Page of a 1916 US edition. A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. [2]

  5. Category:British children's poets - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "British children's poets" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Elizabeth Jennings (poet) - Wikipedia

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    Every Changing Shape: Mystical Experience and the Making of Poems. London: André Deutsch, 1961; Manchester: Carcanet, 1996, ISBN 978-1-85754-247-9; Poetry Today (British Council and National British League). London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1961 "Emily Dickinson and the Poetry of the Inner Life". Review of English Literature 3.2 (April 1962 ...

  7. James Reeves (writer) - Wikipedia

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    John Morris Reeves, known as James Reeves (1 July 1909 – 1 May 1978) was a British writer principally known for his poetry, plays and contributions to children's literature and the literature of collected traditional songs. His published books include poetry, stories and anthologies for both adults and children.

  8. Joseph Coelho - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Aaron Coelho OBE FRSL is a British poet and children's book author who was Children's Laureate from 2022 to 2024. In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature . [ 1 ] In 2024, he was announced the winner of the Carnegie Medal for his YA novel The Boy Lost in the Maze.

  9. Crocodile (fairy tale) - Wikipedia

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    "Crocodile" (Russian: Крокодил) is a 1916-1917 fairy tale poem for children by Korney Chukovsky about a crocodile strolling along the streets of Petrograd (the contemporary name of St. Petersburg, Russia). It quickly became very popular, due to its utter nonsense, previously unseen in print, and skillful wordplay. [1] Chukovsky himself ...