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From Agard to Zephaniah, the very best of children's poetry from the very best of children's poets appears in this wonderful and exciting anthology edited by Michael Rosen, the Children's Laureate.
Coinciding with his laureateship and a very welcome public promotion of the need for children's poetry in our education system, this future classic for Puffin will delight readers young and old, and make the perfect gift.
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Michael Rosen is one of the best-known figures in the children's book world. He has written numerous award-winning poetry books, non-fiction and picture books such as We're Going on a Bear Hunt. Michael performs, teaches, lectures, presents Word of Mouth on Radio 4 and reviews for the Guardian. In 2007, Michael was appointed the fifth Children's Laureate.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I saw this book a few days ago and picked up a copy for my young grand-daughter who seems to just love the sound and rhythm of words that are put in the right order.
For his latest anthology Michael Rosen, our Children's Laureate from 2007-2009, has collected 127 poems for children from 61 poets that are 'rich with the many cultures, voices and sounds of the most exciting performance poets in Britain today.' In his short introduction, Michael encourages his readers to take a poem and 'see what it sounds like when you say it', or to ask someone else to say it, or to have a go at saying it together with others, or swaying to and fro to the rhythm of it - because poems don't just live in our brains, they live in our bodies.
Presented alphabetically, all except two poets contribute two poems each. There's just one from Allan Ahlberg - though it's 7 pages long!- and there are two from Michael, with a further six he's come up with for the letters of the alphabet for which he couldn't find a poet! One of them is for the reader to complete.
Several of these poets are new to me, though there are some well-known names too: Jenny Joseph, Roger McGough, Carol Ann Duffy, and Adrian Mitchell, who sadly died as the book was being collated, to name but a few.
Most of the poems are from the Noughties (sounds about right for some children, I know), with many of them being very new. On the other hand, some are over 20 years old, but there aren't any of those really familiar children's poems normally found in popular anthologies. The collection is diverse to say the least: funny, haunting, sad, serious and silly, and many other descriptions you might think of.
Here are just two examples. From Brian Moses's poem Spider-swallowing we learn that 'everyone swallows at least eight spiders in one lifetime!'. Well, there you go. Furthermore, Michael Rosen himself, in The Difference, reveals to the uninitiated amongst us that what a hotel in Glasgow knows as 'soap' is in fact known as a 'skincare bar' in Edinburgh. I'm not sure whether the respective tariffs reflect this mattter.
Go on, take a risk. Children will find it's a good read, and may say so, out loud.
For his latest anthology Michael Rosen, our Children's Laureate from 2007-2009, has collected 127 poems for children from 61 poets that are 'rich with the many cultures, voices and sounds of the most exciting performance poets in Britain today.' In his short introduction, Michael encourages his readers to take a poem and 'see what it sounds like when you say it', or to ask someone else to say it, or to have a go at saying it together with others, or swaying to and fro to the rhythm of it - because poems don't just live in our brains, they live in our bodies.
Presented alphabetically, all except two poets contribute two poems each. There's just one from Allan Ahlberg - though it's 7 pages long!- and there are two from Michael, with a further six he's come up with for the letters of the alphabet for which he couldn't find a poet! One of them is for the reader to complete.
Several of these poets are new to me, though there are some well-known names too: Jenny Joseph, Roger McGough, Carol Ann Duffy, and Adrian Mitchell, who sadly died as the book was being collated, to name but a few.
Most of the poems are from the Noughties (sounds about right for some children, I know), with many of them being very new. On the other hand, some are over 20 years old, but there aren't any of those really familiar children's poems normally found in popular anthologies. The collection is diverse to say the least: funny, haunting, sad, serious and silly, and many other descriptions you might think of.
Here are just two examples. From Brian Moses's poem Spider-swallowing we learn that 'everyone swallows at least eight spiders in one lifetime!'. Well, there you go. Furthermore, Michael Rosen himself, in The Difference, reveals to the uninitiated amongst us that what a hotel in Glasgow knows as 'soap' is in fact known as a 'skincare bar' in Edinburgh. I'm not sure whether the respective tariffs reflect this mattter.
Go on, take a risk. Children will find it's a good read, and may say so, out loud.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My children love this book. They didn't look at much poetry so I thought I'd try them with it and they actually fight to read it out!
Format:Paperback
A fantastic collection of poems from the king of poetry Michael Rosen. The idea of the A to Z makes for an interesting slant on the poems featured. Would recommend as a good introduction to poetry and perhaps new poets.
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