Poems
Ever since my father gave me “The Book of a Thousand Poems” for my fifth birthday and my grandmother read Edward Lear’s verses to me, I have always loved poetry and the sound of words.
Probably because of my song-writing background, many of my picture books are in rhyme. Click here for a complete list of these,
I have also written a collection of verse for 5-7-year-olds, Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum and a book of action rhymes for younger children, Wriggle and Roar (see below). Click Walking the Dog, to download a poem from Mayonaisy Mum and Nut Tree for a poem from Wriggle and Roar. Both books are illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum
illustrated by Nick Sharratt
Macmillan,
58 poems suitable for 5-7-year-olds – story poems, reflective rhymes, scenes from everyday life, a whole mixture.
I have always loved writing in verse since I was a small child. (This collection also contains a few which don’t rhyme) I was thrilled to have this opportunity to gather together poems I had already written and to add some new ones.
Wriggle and Roar
– Rhymes to Join in with
illustrated
by Nick Sharratt
Macmillan,
isbn 1405021667
“Whenever I’m tired of being me
I swing around like a chimpanzee.”
Seventeen brightly illustrated rhymes which children can join in, either with noises or actions.
There is also a Big Book version and a book and CD version with Justin Fletcher listed on the audio page
Shortlisted for the Early Years book award.
"This book will animate, engage and stimulate babies and have nursery classes jumping about with noisy enthusiasm." The Sunday Times (Book of the Week)
"the perfect way to tire out lively toddlers…" It’s timeless, irresistible and will encourage our youngest readers to be book-lovers for ever." The Bookseller
The following books (described fully in the Picture Books and the Educational Books sections) all have rhyming texts:
Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose
In addition, the following titles from my phonic rhyming scheme Songbirds are in rhyme:
Singing Dad, Moan, Moan, Moan!, Sue Kangaroo, Paula the Vet, Clare and the Fair, My Cat, Tim’s Bad Mood, The Deer and the Earwig, The Ox and the Yak
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