100 Best Poems for Children

What is it about poetry that a verse you read in your childhood stays with you for the rest of yourife? Open the pages of this book and go on a mesmerizing journey through 100 great poems. Chosen specially for children, these poems touch a whole world of emotions and ideas. There are poems about mothers and fathers and new baby brothers and sisters; about grandparents and cats and trees andiving in treehouses. Not only will you find the well-loved classic onesike ‘Jabberwocky’, ‘If’, ‘Coromandel Fishers’ and ‘My Hearteaps Up…’ there are many new delightful poemsike ‘Cyber River’, ‘The Ghost’ ‘The Roti’s Grudge’ and ‘Hip Hop Nature Boy’. Featuring poets from India and abroad, this collection explores the works of T.S. Eliot, Rabindranath Tagore, Robert Browning, Gulzar, Ruskin Bond, Jerry Pinto, Anushka Ravishankar, Keki Daruwalla and many other voices. Dip into 100 Great Poems for Children and enjoy these poems, relish the music of the words, whisper or shout them aloud, explode withaughter as you read them or wipe away a tear.