Description:
Here are sixty of the finest and most entertaining poems for younger listeners. There are nonsense poems like "The Jumblies," classic animal poems like "The Snail," stories of adventure like "The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens," and Robert Browning's classic tale of adults getting their comeuppance, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin." Modern poetry also makes its contribution with wordplay in poems like "Zoe's Ear-rings," and images of nature like "Weathers." Though principally intended for middle-grade listeners, this is a collection that will delight all audiences, young and old.
Brief description:
Anton Lesser has, as an associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company, played many of Shakespeare's most demanding roles, including Troilus (Troilus and Cressida), Edgar (King Lear), Petruchio, Romeo, and Richard III. He is a frequent radio contributor and has recorded many audiobooks, including much of the work of Charles Dickens. Lesser's narration has won him seven AudioFile Earphones Awards.