Anne Fine is the 2001-3 Children's Laureate. A multi award-winner, she has collected poetry she feels it would be a shame for any child to miss. A SHAME TO MISS...1 is aimed at junior readers and is a diverse mixture of classic, well-loved poetry like Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky' or Tennyson's 'Break, Break, Break' alongside poems from more modern poets like Kit Wright, Brian Patten and Diana Hendry. Other poets featured include Hillaire Belloc, Walter de la Mare, Eleanor Farjeon, Robert Graves, Kipling and many others: more than 70 poems in total.
- ISBN10 0552548677
- ISBN13 9780552548670
- Publish Date 7 August 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 February 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Corgi Childrens
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 160
- Language English