By Graham Denton (author)
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Selected by our poetry expert, Liam Parkin :
When Granny Won Olympic Gold is a lively, humorous collection of medal-winning sports poems that children aged 7 or 8+ will love. It includes plenty of humorous rhymes along with some moving and thought-provoking poems, and features all kinds of writing styles - from haiku to limericks. The collection is publishing at a perfect time to build on the increased interest in all things Olympic in the lead-up to 2012 London Olympics.
Following the same successful formula as The Secret Life of Pants, Let's Recycle Grandad, and My Cat is in Love with the Goldfish, When Granny Won Olympic Gold is a lively collection of poetry for 8-12 year olds.
Graham Denton is a widely published poet and anthologist. Publications of poems selected by Graham include My Cat is in Love with the Goldfish for A&C Black, as well as Silly Superstitions (Macmillan), Wild! Rhymes that Roar (Macmillan) and the CLPE-short-listed Giving You the Willies ( Delightfully Devilish Verse and Much Much Worse ).
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed When Granny Won Olympic Gold And Other Medal-Winning Poems and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
When Granny Won Olympic Gold And Other Medal-Winning Poems features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 7+ readers
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When Granny Won Olympic Gold And Other Medal-Winning Poems was written by Graham Denton and published by A & C Black Publishers Ltd
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