E Nesbit
The Bastable children—Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius—aren’t going to let their family’s trials and tribulations get them down. Banding together—with occasional breaks for fierce arguments—they’re determined to strike it...
EDITH NESBIT, The Poetry – An Introduction. Edith Nesbit is more famously known as a writer of children's stories and ghost stories some of which are available in other volumes. But in this volume we explore her poetry. Born in 1858 in Kennington, then part of Surrey and now London. Her early life was one of constant house changes before meeting, age 17, Hubert Bland who she was to marry three years later – whilst she was 7 months pregnant.
...FEBRUARY - the second month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, brings not only the shortest month but for lovers everywhere, Valentine's day. On this and other themes our poets including Hopkins, Nesbit, Teasdale, Coleridge and Dickinson have much to say. Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe. The tracks are; February - An Introduction; Lines On Observing a Blossom On The First of February 1796 By Samuel Taylor Coleridge;
...This wonderful collection of stories about dragons was written by world-renowned children's author Edith Nesbit, and has been loved by generations for many years. This version has been specially formatted for today's e-readers, and makes fantastic bedtime - or anytime - reading for children.
