I Am the Wind
Irish Poems for Children Everywhere
by Multiple authors; Edited by Lucinda Jacob and Sarah Web; Illustrated by Ashwin Chacko
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Pub Date Apr 23 2024 | Archive Date Dec 13 2024
Publisher Spotlight | Little Island Books
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Description
Beloved Irish poets including:
- Eavan Boland
- Seamus Heaney
- W.B. Yeats
- Paula Meehan
- Thomas Kinsella
- Frank O'Connor
- Gabriel Rosenstock
- Spike Milligan
- Michael Longley
- Áine Ní Ghlinn
- Oscar Wilde
- Pat Ingoldsby
- Brendan Kennelly
sit along old medieval poems and diverse contemporary voices including:
- Nikita Gill
- Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
- Yeva Skalietska
- Polina Cosgrave
You’ll find thoughtful, surprising and powerful poems here. Poems about love and skateboarding, about feeling lonely and making friends, about jellyfish, magic, school, snowdrops, monsters, blackbirds… and lots, lots more.
Chosen with love by the acclaimed children’s poet Lucinda Jacob and award-winning children’s writer and bookseller Sarah Webb.
A book to treasure now and always.
Advance Praise
"Highly recommended. This delightful collection of Irish poetry for children, which includes some familiar poems and others new to discover, will appeal to young and old alike and is perfect for reading aloud. A welcome addition to all classroom and library collections." – School Library Journal, STARRED review
"What we have here is an honest-to-goodness Irish poem anthology ... Kids (and, let’s face it, parents) unfamiliar with Irish poetry and literary history will find this a good starting point." – Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8
