Paul Cookson's staggeringly versatile range as a performance poet is fully displayed in this new collection. Humour, danger, wonder, surprise are the elements underlying his work. The collection contains some poems that need to be shouted and some that have to be whispered very quietly. There are many interactive poems in which a whole class or group of children can participate.
BEEP BEEP ! WHOOSH!
A great one to do with a high pitched “Beep Beep” and an extended quieter “Whoosh!”
Silver saucer shining bright
Flashing beams and laser lights
Beep ! Beep Whoosh!
Beep Beep! Whoosh!
Faster than the speed of sound
See it spinning round and round
Beep! Beep! Whoosh!
Beep! Beep ! Whoosh!
Dissipates, evaporates
Hovers, dives and levitates
Breaking laws of gravity
Maximum velocity
Like a diamond in the sky
Beaming down from way on high
Nasty pilot, nasty crew
Coming down for me and you
Beep Beep! Whoosh …
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Paul Cookson spends most of his time visiting schools, performing his poetry and helping children to write their own poems. Paul has compiled lots of books for Macmillan (over a million copies sold to date), including The Works , and has two collections of his own poetry. He supports Everton and lives in Nottinghamshire with his wife and children.
More about Paul CooksonLiz Million is a brand new illustrator, fresh from her art degree at Kingston-upon-Thames Art College and bursting with ideas! She now lives in Darlington. This is her first book.
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