Poems for Christmas
By Neil Philip
1995
First Published
3.35
Average Rating
92
Number of Pages
A holiday anthology for the entire family includes fifty-seven classic poems and dozens of engravings, highlighting such works as Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Longfellow's "Snow-flakes"
Avg Rating
3.35
Number of Ratings
20
5 STARS
10%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
45%
2 STARS
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Author
Neil Philip
Author · 34 books
Neil Philip is a writer, folklorist and poet. He is married to the artist Emma Bradford, and lives in the Cotswolds, England. Neil loves words, poetry, and the art of storytelling in all its forms. Among his many books are A Fine Anger, Victorian Village Life, The Cinderella Story, The Penguin Book of English Folktales, Mythology (with Philip Wilkinson), The Great Mystery, War and the Pity of War, The New Oxford Book of Childrens Verse, The Tale of Sir Gawain, Horse Hooves & Chicken Feet, and The Adventures of Odysseus. Neil has contributed to numerous journals, including The Times, and Signal: Approaches to Childrens Books, and has also written for stage, screen, and radio. His work has won numerous awards and honours, including the Aesop Award of the American Folklore Society and the Literary Criticism Book Award of the Childrens Literature Association. Outside of the storied world, Neil is passionate about cats, art, music, France, food & wine, and friendship.
