WONDER: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book

Brand new and classic poems illustrated with botanical drawings and engravings from The Natural History Museum's collections which speaks of the wonder of nature and our incredible planet. This beautiful gift hardback collection covers everything from the depths of space to the very centre of the earth, from dodos to diamonds, with poems about the solar system, planet Earth, oceans and rivers, birds, dinosaurs, fossils, wildlife, flowers, fungi, insects, explorers and palaeontologists. Each section includes an introduction and some footnotes about particularly interesting species. 'All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks are life eternal: and in silence they speak happiness beyond the reach of books...' - John Clare. 'And hark! How blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher: come forth into the light of things, let Nature be your Teacher.' - William Wordsworth. Carol Ann Duffy with Atlas, On the Beach at Night Alone by Walt Whitman, Being But Men by Dylan Thomas, Excursion to the Planet Mercury by Alice Oswald, Blazing In Gold and Quenching in Purple by Emily Dickinson, An Emerald Is As Green As Grass by Christina Rossetti, Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath, Grey Geese by Kenneth C. Steven and parrots and eagles from the likes of Edward Lear, Ted Hughes and Alfred Lord Tennyson, caterpillars and cockroaches, monkeys and The Seal Lullaby by Rudyard Kipling, there are hundreds of beautiful poems, one per page and beautifully laid out together with fine engravings and artworks and useful index of poets and first lines. Apparently designed for reading age 9-11 years, but we don't see why. 256pp.