To celebrate 50 years since the first moon landing by Apollo 11 in 1969, here is an original collection of 50 poems. In his poems Dom tells us of two important things - the Moon is incredible: it controls our tides, to give us 24-hour days and it keeps our planet stable enough to have seasons. Dom reminds us that poetry too is incredible because it is the most flexible form of expressing ourselves and has been always how we used to tell stories, particularly about our ways of seeing this incredible Moon. The Moon is an inspiring rock of possibilities. Dom uses lots of poetry forms, short poems and long ones, silly ones and serious ones. There are haiku and sonnets, acrostics and shapes. He uses metaphors and kennings and slang. Dom says read the poems and fly to the moon!
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Words and pictures that are quite simply out of this world. I love this book!" -- Chris Riddell "Dom and Viv make mighty work of our majestic moon, looking at it from the front and back, from the heart and mind, from here and there. It's a journey in words and images that will show you places you've not been, implant thoughts you've never pondered and sing you the strange songs of silver light. Together, Viv and Dom, they work wonders." -- A F Harrold
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Kinder
Interest Age: From 6 years
Illustrationen
b/w illustrations throughout
Maße
Höhe: 225 mm
Breite: 165 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-909991-92-7 (9781909991927)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Dom Conlon is a space poet, copywriter and eater of cake. His background is in writing for video games, technology companies and books for children. He is a published poet who runs workshop sessions in schools in writing, reading and understanding poetry - and in particular inspiring children to look up to the stars and across to each other.
Vivian Schwarz is an award-winning artist and author working in a variety of media to create playful interactive experiences that encourage creativity. She was one of the winners of the 2011 Book Trust Best New Illustrators Award. Her books have been translated and published Internationally. She has twice been shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway, was winner of the 2016 Little Rebels Award and was an IBBY Honour list nominee for illustration in 2018. Viv was born in Germany, studied at Falmouth University and now lives in London.
