Gillian Avery, historian of children\'s books and novelist whose first book THE WARDEN\'S NEICE has become a modern classic of children\'s literature, has made a very personal selection of favourite poems.
The illustrations are taken from the books of natural history made by Thomas Bewick, the celebrated English wood engraver..
Gillian Avery, historian of children\'s books and novelist whose first book THE WARDEN\'S NEICE has become a modern classic of children\'s literature, has made a very personal selection of favourite poems