The mermaid and other sea poems / compiled and illustrated by Sophie Windham. - New York : Scholastic Inc., c1994. - 28 p. : col. ill. 28 cm.

"Originally published in Great Britain as Down in the marvellous deep : a book of sea poems by Orchard Books, 1994"--T.p. verso.

The shark / Lord Alfred Douglas -- Whale / Geoffrey Dearmer -- Do oysters sneeze? / Jack Prelutsky -- Seahorse / Blake Morrison -- The lobster quadrille / Lewis Carroll -- Grim and gloomy / James Reeves -- The barracuda / John Gardner -- Undersea / Marchette Chute -- My other granny / Ted Hughes -- The mermaid / Ogden Nash -- Ocean diners / J. Patrick Lewis -- The dolphin / Alan Bold -- There was an old person of Hyde / Edward Lear -- Narwhal / X. J. Kennedy -- A sea-serpent saw a big tanker / Anonymous -- The flattered flying fish / E. V. Rieu -- Seal lullaby / Rudyard Kipling.

A collection of eighteen poems about life in the ocean.

ISBN: 0-590-20898-5

LCCN: 94-32526

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sea poetry, American.
Sea poetry, English.
American poetry.
English poetry.

Dewey Class. No.: 821.008036