by Adrian Mitchell · Orchard Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781860392689
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«The Orchard Book of Poems» is Adrian Mitchell's poetry anthology, published by Orchard Books in paperback (288 pages, in English).
It brings together poems and folk tales chosen by Adrian Mitchell, with illustrations by Chloe Cheese. A collection that invites readers to discover poetry through varied texts, with a wide range of voices and styles.
The work was originally published in 1993; this edition is from 1996. Some editions include the subtitle «Poetry & Folk Tales».
Recommended for children and young adult readers who want to get started with poetry.
Adrian Mitchell FRSL was an English poet, novelist, and playwright. A former journalist, he became a noted figure on the British left. For almost half a century he was the foremost poet of the country's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament movement. His best-known poem, "To Whom It May Concern", was his bitterly sarcastic reaction to the televised horrors of the Vietnam War. Mitchell's poems ranged from anarchistic anti-war satire, through love poetry, to stories and poems for children. He also wrote librettos. In 2002, he was nominated, semi-seriously, as Britain's "Shadow Poet Laureate".
