Product Description

Since time immemorial, life and death have been the preoccupation of all our greatest writers, whether mourning a tragic loss of 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. Ages 13+.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #529664 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Review
"'Substantial... and the choice is rich indeed. Endlessly refreshing and intriguing... there's never a dull moment.' Guardian"

About the Author
Philip Pullman has won many awards for his children's books, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Award, the Smarties Prize, and, most recently, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for The Amber Spyglass. The acclaimed fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials has been published in more than twenty languages and came second in the recent BBC Big Read Top 100 poll. He was awarded the CBE in 2004. Kate Agnew has chaired the Booksellers Association Children s Group and has served as a judge for the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Award. She was a contributor to the Cambridge Guide to Children's Books, co-wrote 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.