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|date=October 2009
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There's also a lovely flow to ''Poems for Children'', with a selection of loose threads connecting the individual poems. There's no rigid structure, just a beautiful winding path to follow or ignore. It allows you to dip in, flick through, or just devour in its entirety. If the poems weren't compiled as well as they have been, it would be a significantly less moving book (although, of course, they would still stand up in their own right).
Whoever you are, however old you are, you'll love [[Queen Munch and Queen Nibble by Carol Ann Duffy and Lydia Monks|Carol Ann Duffy's work]]. Highly recommended.
Once your interest in poetry has been sparked, you simply must read [[A Kick In The Head: An Everyday Guide To Poetic Forms by Paul B Janeczko and Chris Raschka]]. Although not poetry, books like [[Counting Stars by David Almond]] and [[Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl]] speak to and of childhood with unpatronising honesty.
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