High Tide
Will be published approx. on 18. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-84471-506-0 (ISBN)
Description
High Tide is a collection of the best of my poems for children written since 2002. This is a book of very accessible, crafted poetry for children of seven years old and upwards, with a balance of rhyming poems and non-rhyming poems, amusing poems and serious poems. It ranges from pieces about animals and nature to poems about space, school, and family. It includes some nonsense and riddles, and two long story poems.
Reviews / Votes
The best newcomer is Robert Hull whose collection Stargrazer (Hodder and Stoughton) is wonderfully various, both in theme and form. It dips and delves into Roman history, Provencal legend, describes how shadows seem under bridges, retells, with a humorous lightness, Galileo's story. This is a poetry book to make children feel and think simultaneously. Hull never patronises children by pretending to be one himself - he's too mindful of their uniqueness to behave so improperly * New Statesman *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 9 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
77 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84471-506-0 (9781844715060)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Robert Hull's High Tide (Salt, 2010) is his third collection of poems for children. It follows Stargrazer (Hodder, 1997), which was short-listed for the Signal Poetry Prize in 1998, and Everest and Chips, (Oxford University Press, 2002), short-listed for the CLPE prize.
Content
Acknowledgements
Space
Black hole
The Maker said
Beginnings
Snow
My coloured pens
Our short but interesting Greek bus journey
Hunting in February
Mr Frog,
Deer's skull
Shadows
Frost
'Please do not feed the animals ...'
Starting School - Preston, 1912
'Scary doesn't have an e, James.'
English Rules - 'Don't use "and" all the time'
Slovenly student, 1345
Recent history lesson
Peace process
Ping Feng
Frogs
Cat sisters
Table
Sorry, mouse
Things with feathers
Swallows in September
'Gift offer - Traditional Wishing Well - GBP47.50'
Shopping at Christmas
The Tale of Sir Toby the Timid
Humpty, the true story
Shiny cheery poem
High tide
Seaside September
Useful phrases for when you're on holiday ...
Autumn Flood
Gnome at the Garden Centre
Evening song
Space
Black hole
The Maker said
Beginnings
Snow
My coloured pens
Our short but interesting Greek bus journey
Hunting in February
Mr Frog,
Deer's skull
Shadows
Frost
'Please do not feed the animals ...'
Starting School - Preston, 1912
'Scary doesn't have an e, James.'
English Rules - 'Don't use "and" all the time'
Slovenly student, 1345
Recent history lesson
Peace process
Ping Feng
Frogs
Cat sisters
Table
Sorry, mouse
Things with feathers
Swallows in September
'Gift offer - Traditional Wishing Well - GBP47.50'
Shopping at Christmas
The Tale of Sir Toby the Timid
Humpty, the true story
Shiny cheery poem
High tide
Seaside September
Useful phrases for when you're on holiday ...
Autumn Flood
Gnome at the Garden Centre
Evening song