By Ana Sampson (author)
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Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book is a beautiful gift hardback collection of poetry with poems inspired by The Natural History Museum. It covers everything from the depths of space to the very centre of the earth - there are poems about the solar system, planet earth, oceans and rivers, birds, dinosaurs, fossils, wildlife, flowers, fungi, insects, explorers and palaeontologists. This fantastic collection speaks of the wonder of nature and shows us why we need to look after our incredible planet.
Each section includes an introduction and some footnotes about particularly interesting species. The museum has a collection of over eighty million objects and behind the scenes of its twenty-eight galleries crowd kilometres of preserved specimens, libraries of rare books and artworks, wonders gathered on some of the most famous voyages in history, rooms packed with pressed plants, warehouses teeming with stuffed animals and freezers full of DNA.
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As well as a museum, it is a state-of-the-art centre for discovery with over three hundred resident scientists and over ten thousand visiting researchers each year, investigating everything from dinosaurs to life on other planets.
The collection is made up of brand new and classic poems and is illustrated with botanical drawings and engravings from the museum's collections.
this gorgeously illustrated anthology covers everything from oceans and rivers to fossils. - Red magazine
it's as awe-inspiring and thoughtful as you'd hope - Indybest
The book is a celebration of our planet and the natural world, and there's plenty here to inspire children (and adults) to do all that we can to keep it safe, with Gerard Benson's A Small Star and Pascale Petit's #ExtinctionRebellion providing great talking points with our older readers about climate change and what we can all do to help make a difference. -- Sarah Dawson - The Independent
I can't recommend this collection highly enough and will be sharing with colleagues in school as well as suggesting it as a read for our teacher book groups. A WONDERful book! - ReadingZone
the book is a wonder indeed, the poetry giving a genuine sense of the magnificence of the museum's collections; it's surprising, inspiring, eye-opening. - Books For Keeps
Ana studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield and gained a BA and MA before starting a career in publishing. She has worked in publicity in publishing for over fifteen years, both in-house for Random House, Kyle Books, Michael O'Mara Books and Quercus and on a freelance basis. She has worked on fiction, non-fiction, humour, science, history, cookery, gardening, health, children's and celebrity titles and many of her campaigns have helped propel books into the bestseller lists.
Ana has contributed articles to publications including Writers' Market UK, The Book Lover's Companion (Michael O'Mara, 2012) and to newspapers and magazines. She has appeared on national and regional radio talking about books, poetry and teenage diaries. Ana lives in Surrey with her husband, two daughters and two demanding cats.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, The Natural World, Space, Ecological and Environmental Interest - Non Fiction, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Poetry Books for Children, Geography, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general, Educational material, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage poetry, anthologies, annuals
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Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book was written by Ana Sampson and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book has 272 pages
£13.49, reduced from £14.99. In Stock.
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