Choose your favourite sound,bob like a robin,soak up the stillness of the forest,jump like a startled kangaroo or go to a monster jamboree. But keep an eye out for a dinosaur at the bus stop!
Funny,gentle,thoughtful,magical - this is an outstanding collection for younger readers,from an award-winning poet whose beautifully crafted,musical poetry will be loved by younger children.
Publisher: Otter-Barry Books LtdISBN: 9781913074203Number of pages: 80Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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"Another exceptional collection of poetry from @WakelingKate,absolutely perfect for developing readers. Such skill in the use of language,lyricism and musicality in her work with topics and themes guaranteed to engage the interest of its audience."
"This collection for 5+ readers wanders addictively from the fastest poem in the world to a "sensible"fart poem,from the "pudding space"in your stomach to the treasures you hold before you sleep. Funny,sly,welcoming and filled with unassuming magic."
"This collection of poems is perfectly pitched for younger children. The poems tap into their worries,imaginations and world views in a way sure to engage. The illustrations complement the words beautifully."
"Using rhyme,half-rhymes,concrete poetry and bouncing metre,these gentle,humorous poems of children's everyday lives,with some monsters and dinosaurs thrown in (as well as a "serious"poem about farts),are lively entertainment. They invite memorising,performance and imitation. (Ideally not of the farts.)"
@One of Kate Wakeling's strengths is what she can achieve with the simplest vocabulary and,consequently,how her poems might be enjoyed by a wide age range. So,while this new collection might be read by eight to ten-year-olds,it could certainly be read to much younger children.
She's a poet that celebrates imagination and the world's variousness and quietly asks her readers and listeners to do the same...A gentle,witty,and captivating collection."
"A lovely little book of engaging poems,ideal for six,seven and eight-year-olds. Each poem is short,clear and accompanied by wonderful black and white line drawings. There is a range of subjects but the main thing about these poems is that they rhyme!... A great'dip in and out of'book - and one every infant teacher should have handy."
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