Edited by Kate Agnew
Biography
Kate Agnew has chaired the Children's Booksellers Association and has served as a judge for the Smarties Award and Whitbread Prize. She was a contributor to the Cambridge Guide to Children's Books, co-edited Children at War with Geoff Fox and has recently edited a series of short-story collections for Egmont. In 1999 she won a special British Book Award for her contribution to the National Year of Reading.
Books
Life and Death: A collection of classic poetry and prose
Since time immemorial, life and death have been the preoccupation of all our greatest writers, whether mourning a tragic loss or seizing the moment to live life to its full. Here is a collection of classic poetry and prose to make you laugh with delight and weep in sympathy.
Contents: Includes poems by Matthew Arnold, William Cowper, Byron, Donne, Robert Frost and Keats, as well as extract…
Love and Longing: A collection of classic poetry and prose
Wizard is proud to introduce a collection of classic poetry and prose extracts based around the enduring themes of love and romance, with an introduction by prize-winning children's author Jacqueline Wilson.
An attractive blend of the familiar and the novel, Love and Longing will include poetry from the 'Romantics' - Hardy, Milton, Austen, Bronte - as well as Ovid, Catullus and less well-known au…
War and Peace: A collection of classic poetry and prose
'My subject is War, and the pity of War', wrote Wilfred Owen, yet for Rupert Brooke war was a matter of pride, not pity. Sometimes war might even be a vehicle for humour. Whether it's battle hymn or lament, silent reverie or marching song, all aspects of war and peace are to be found in this anthology of classic poetry and prose.
Contents: Includes poems by Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Har…
