Hop, leap or bounce into Boing! for bug and mini-beast poetry fun and fascinating facts.
Find beautiful butterflies, ladybirds and dragonflies. Marvel at worker bugs, from tiny ants and busy bees to leaping grasshoppers and fleas. Discover mini-beast heroes - dung beetles, millipedes, spiders - and those amazing 'pigs in space', the tardigrades!
With 24 poems, including shape poems, riddles, rhyming poems and free verse, plus amazing and informative facts about each bug or minibeast on every page, the world of insects is brought buzzing to life, matched by Neal Layton's witty colour illustrations.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Exuberant, energetic and engaging, Boing not only offers a collection of twenty-four poems about insects, but plenty of fascinating facts as well...The poems are fun, sure to engage and be enjoyed!" * Through the Bookshelf * "The rhythmic poems are perfectly pitched at young children, playfully using repetition, dialogue and familiar words to engage them. They are in a variety of forms - shape poems, rhyming couplets, acrostics, kennings, riddles and so on. There is information about each bug on every page, too, for slightly older children, or those who love facts.
This would be a great introduction to bugs and poetry, all in one fantastically fun book!" * BookTrust * "A collection that's full of fun poems, sprinkled with facts, exuberantly illustrated and well worth adding to a classroom collection or home bookshelves. I'm sure if you start reading one or two aloud, there'll be requests for 'MORE PLEASE!'" -- Jill Bennett * Red Reading Hub * "Many of the poems here would make brilliant performance pieces for classes, individuals or pairs... the variety of poetic forms used is great for introducing young children to some of the different styles which can be used and might also be used as models to inspire their own writing... But above all, the poems are fun, sure to engage and be enjoyed!" -- Sue Wilsher * Reading Zone * "With 24 poems, including shape poems, riddles, rhyming poems and free verse, plus amazing and informative facts about each bug or minibeast on every page, the world of insects is brought buzzing to life, matched by Neal Layton's bugtiful colour illustrations." * Reading Zone * "A fidget of rhymes for the perfect minibeast adventure." * Armadillo Magazine * "Here Carter - one of the most established poets for the young - takes a more novel approach; he combines his lively, humorous , punchy verses with carefully selected facts. The whole is brought together by Neal Layton's energetic, amusing illustrations... Combined, the verses, the facts, the visuals, really do 'boing' off the page. This would be ideal shared within a classroom." * Books for Keeps *
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Kinder
Interest Age: From 4 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 277 mm
Breite: 241 mm
Dicke: 8 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-915659-50-7 (9781915659507)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
James Carter is a prize-winning children's poet, non-fiction writer and musician. He travels all over the UK and abroad with his melodica, giving action-packed poetry/music performances and workshops. In the last two decades he has visited over 1500 primary and prep schools, and performed at many festivals. His previous books for younger children are CLiPPA-shortlisted Zim Zam Zoom, illustrated by Nicola Colton, and A Ticket to Kalamazoo!, illustrated by Neal Layton. His collection of poems for 7-plus, Weird, Wild and Wonderful, is also illustrated by Neal Layton. He lives in Oxfordshire.
Neal Layton studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Newcastle University and Central St Martin's School of Art. His images are prized for their spontaneity and inventiveness. His picture books include The Tree, The Story of Stars, and A Planet Full of Plastic. He lives on the Isle of Wight.
