By Wendy Cooling (author) , Piet Grobler (illustrator)
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To dip in and out of whatever your mood and to savour in longer moments, this is a thought-provoking anthology. How different poems capture different moods and moments unfolds beautifully in both Wendy Cooling’s careful choice of poems and Piet Grobler’s vivid illustrations.
Amazing, bored, excited, magical, naughty, sad, zestful...you can feel any way you like in this exciting collection of poems about feelings from A to Z. Exploring all kinds of moods and emotions , the poems are by a stellar and culturally diverse group of poets, including Siegfried Sassoon, Carol Ann Duffy, Benjamin Zephaniah, Grace Nichols, John Agard, Jack Prelutsky, Kwame Dawes, Raymond McCormack, EE Cummings, Kit Wright and Michael Rosen.
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With atmospheric, luminous illustrations on every page.
Selected by Marilyn Brocklehurst as an August highlight in The Bookseller: ' A lovely production ...This will be a popular book with teachers, and a lovely book for children to own. Piet Grobler's splashy illustrations complement the poems perfectly.’
Wendy Cooling is an eminent figure in the world of children′s books. As a freelance consultant she works with schools, publishers, libraries and the government on the promotion of literacy and love of books. Wendy was a teacher of English in London secondary schools for many years and left to head up the then Children′s Book Foundation where she initiated the Book Start project, which is now run successfully throughout the country. She is an intrepid traveller - camel fairs in India being one of her favourites. Home is in Barnet.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A is Amazing! Poems About Feelings and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
A is Amazing! Poems About Feelings features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Poetry Books for Children, Children’s / Teenage poetry, anthologies, annuals, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Stories in Verse, Children's and Young Adult Fiction
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A is Amazing! Poems About Feelings was written by Wendy Cooling and published by Frances Lincoln Childrens Books an imprint of Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
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