Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees

Alex Wharton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2023
Firefly Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-915444-58-5 (ISBN)

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An innovative poetry ‘how to’ collection aimed at school pupils, Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees is packed full of fun poems, limericks, haiku, song and rap from Wales Children's Laureate Alex Wharton. With brief introductions to different types of poets and a section on how to create your own poems.

Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees is a playful, imaginative and curious 'how to' poetry book for children by the Children's Laureate Wales Alex Wharton. It encourages readers to enjoy, collaborate on and participate in different forms of writing, including limericks, haiku, rap and song lyrics. These fun, joyful poems play with language in a reader-friendly way that will inspire many to pick up a pen, even if they'd never thought poetry was for them before. Illustrated throughout with lively black and white illustrations by Rhiannon Smith.

Alex Wharton is an award-winning poet, writer, author and performer. His is the Children's Laureate Wales 2023 - 2025 and a judge on the 500 words competition. Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees is his second collection of poetry written for children. His first collection, Daydreams and Jellybeans (Firefly Press) was published in 2020 and shortlisted for the Laugh out Loud Book Awards and the Wales Book of the Year.

Erscheinungsdatum	19.10.2023
Illustrationen	Rhiannon Smith
Verlagsort	Cardiff
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Gedichte / Lieder
ISBN-10	1-915444-58-6 / 1915444586
ISBN-13	978-1-915444-58-5 / 9781915444585
Zustand	Neuware