书名：The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry 
读者对象：7-9岁
作者：Brian Patten
出版社名称：Puffin
出版时间：1999
语种：英文
ISBN：9780140384215
商品尺寸：19.7 x 1.3 x 26 cm
包装：平装
页数：144（以实物为准）

本书The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry精选了知名作家创作的经典诗歌，供孩子们欣赏和学习。这些作家包括罗杰·麦格夫（Roger McGough）、麦克·罗森（Michael Rosen）、本杰明·泽凡尼（Benjamin Zephaniah）、杰基·凯（Jackie Kay）等；并且由儿童插画大师弗里茨·韦格纳（Fritz Wegner）、科奇·保罗（Korky Paul）等绘制插图。

推荐理由：
1. 选取了多首经典的诗歌，语言难度适中，无过多生词，有利于提高孩子的英语水平和诗歌鉴赏能力；
2. 由知名儿童插画师绘制插图，生动有趣，辅助孩子更好地理解诗歌内容。
3. 全彩大开本，布局清晰，方便孩子翻阅。

This is a celebratory anthology of the best of Puffin poetry publishing, including poems by Roger McGough, Michael Rosen, Charles Causley, Benjamin Zephaniah, Jackie Kay, Spike Milligan, John Agard, Brian Patten, Allan Ahlberg and Kit Wright. Each poet's work is illustrated by a different artist such as Emma Chichester Clark, Fritz Wegner and Korky Paul.

Brian Patten came to public attention with the publication of THE MERSEY SOUND in 1967. He is a very popular performance poet, always in demand for conferences and school visits. Collections of his own poetry are published in Puffin and he is the editor of the PUFFIN BOOK OF TWENTIETH CENTURY VERSE. Brian lives in London.