This gorgeous collection of animal poems from Roger Stevens, Liz Brownlee and Sue Hardy-Dawson will entrance and delight in equal measure. Combining poetry with art, these wonderful words are arranged to cleverly bring a variety of animals to life on the page!
Featuring a full alphabet of animals, birds, and insects, with the odd extinct or imaginary creature thrown in, these beautiful shape poems are a perfect way to introduce children to poetry. Some funny, some serious, there is something here for everyone. Readers can explore buzzing bees, mischievous magpies and spindly spiders all creatively displayed through the use of poems.
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Roger Stevens has put together various poetry anthologies, including The Monster That Ate the Universe (Macmillan). He runs the 'Poetry Zone' website for children and leads poetry workshops for schools.
More about Roger StevensRoger Stevens is a poet, author, musician and artist. He has had more than twenty five books published and his poems have appeared in more than two hundred anthologies. Roger performs his poetry in schools, libraries and festivals and runs creative writing workshops for young and old. Roger founded the award-winning Poetry Zone website.
Liz Brownlee is a po
Sue Hardy-Dawson is a Yorkshire poet and has been published in children's poetry anthologies. Sue is dyslexic and takes a special interest in encouraging reluctant readers and writers.
Sue's debut solo poetry collection Where Zebras Go was shortlisted for the CliPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) and she was highly commended for the
