Puffin Book of Poetry for Children

No other form of art can capture the range and diversity of human experience the way a poem can. Within these pages you will find poems about an itch an afternoon of play the joys of surfing the Internet the fear of an injection about the cruelty of being different and being judged for it sad poems about losing someone close and almost anything you can think of.Eunice de Souza and Melanie Silgardo bring together works of poets ranging from Victor Hugo to Deepa Agarwal Alfred Lord Tennyson to T.S. Eliot in this lively and inspiring collection. Here is the perfect introduction to the variety and sheer joy of poetry for readers of all ages. About the Author Eunice de Souza was born in Poona and educated in Bombay and the US. For many years she lectured at St Xavier's College Bombay where she retired as the Head of the Department of English in 2000. She has published four books of poems two novellas several anthologies and books for children. She passed away in 2017.Melanie Silgardo was born and educated in Bombay. She has published two books of poetry and was a founder-member of a poetry publishing house Newground also in Bombay. She has worked in publishing both in India and in the UK where she worked with Virago Press for many years. She hasedited anthologies of poetry and short fiction. Melanie lives in London.