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Back to topI Am the Wind: Irish Poems for Children Everywhere: Irish Poems for Children Everywhere (Hardcover)
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Description
Beloved Irish poets including:
- Eavan Boland
- Seamus Heaney
- W.B. Yeats
- Paula Meehan
- Thomas Kinsella
- Frank O'Connor
- Gabriel Rosenstock
- Spike Milligan
- Michael Longley
- ine N Ghlinn
- Oscar Wilde
- Pat Ingoldsby
- Brendan Kennelly
sit along old medieval poems and diverse contemporary voices including:
- Nikita Gill
- Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
- Yeva Skalietska
- Polina Cosgrave
You'll find thoughtful, surprising and powerful poems here. Poems about love and skateboarding, about feeling lonely and making friends, about jellyfish, magic, school, snowdrops, monsters, blackbirds... and lots, lots more.
Chosen with love by the acclaimed children's poet Lucinda Jacob and award-winning children's writer and bookseller Sarah Webb.
A book to treasure now and always.
About the Author
Lucinda Jacob writes poetry and stories for children. Widely anthologised, her own books include Hopscotch in the Sky (Little Island, illus. Lauren O'Neill), Climate SOS! and Guzzler's Party (Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland, illus. by Alan Nolan).Sarah Webb is an award-winning Irish children's writer. Her books include Blazing a Trail: Irish Women who Changed the World (illus. Lauren O'Neill) and A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood (illus. Steve McCarthy), both winners of Irish Book Awards. She is active on Twitter/X as @sarahwebbishere and Instagram as @sarahwebbwriter Ashwin Chacko is an Indian author, illustrator and motivational speaker based in Ireland. He specialises in positively playful, visual storytelling to bring joy and encouragement. His mission is to champion creativity and empower people to find their inner spark through his art, books, talks & workshops. He has authored and illustrated several books including: Keep At It, Little Optimist, Everybody Feels Fear, A little book about Justice, and What Wondrous Shapes We Are. He is active on Instagram and Twitter/X @whackochacko