A Dinosaur at the Bus Stop
Poems to Have Fun With!
Published on 18. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-913074-20-3 (ISBN)
Description
Choose your favourite sound, bob like a robin, soak up the stillness of the forest, jump like a startled kangaroo or go to a monster jamboree. But keep an eye out for a dinosaur at the bus stop!
Funny, gentle, thoughtful, magical - this is an outstanding collection for younger readers, from an award-winning poet whose beautifully crafted, musical poetry will be loved by younger children.
Funny, gentle, thoughtful, magical - this is an outstanding collection for younger readers, from an award-winning poet whose beautifully crafted, musical poetry will be loved by younger children.
Reviews / Votes
"Another exceptional collection of poetry from @WakelingKate, absolutely perfect for developing readers. Such skill in the use of language, lyricism and musicality in her work with topics and themes guaranteed to engage the interest of its audience." -- Charlotte Hacking, CLPE "This collection for 5+ readers wanders addictively from the fastest poem in the world to a "sensible" fart poem, from the "pudding space" in your stomach to the treasures you hold before you sleep. Funny, sly, welcoming and filled with unassuming magic." -- Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian * "This collection of poems is perfectly pitched for younger children. The poems tap into their worries, imaginations and world views in a way sure to engage. The illustrations complement the words beautifully." -- Jane Sandell "Using rhyme, half-rhymes, concrete poetry and bouncing metre, these gentle, humorous poems of children's everyday lives, with some monsters and dinosaurs thrown in (as well as a "serious" poem about farts), are lively entertainment. They invite memorising, performance and imitation. (Ideally not of the farts.)" -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times: Best children's books for summer 2023 * @One of Kate Wakeling's strengths is what she can achieve with the simplest vocabulary and, consequently, how her poems might be enjoyed by a wide age range. So, while this new collection might be read by eight to ten-year-olds, it could certainly be read to much younger children.She's a poet that celebrates imagination and the world's variousness and quietly asks her readers and listeners to do the same... A gentle, witty, and captivating collection." -- Clive Barnes * Books for Keeps (5 star review) * "A lovely little book of engaging poems, ideal for six, seven and eight-year-olds. Each poem is short, clear and accompanied by wonderful black and white line drawings. There is a range of subjects but the main thing about these poems is that they rhyme!... A great 'dip in and out of' book - and one every infant teacher should have handy." -- Reading Zone
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hereford
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913074-20-3 (9781913074203)
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Persons
Kate Wakeling grew up in Yorkshire and Birmingham. Her first collection of children's poems, Moon Juice, won the CLiPPA Prize in 2017 and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Her second, Cloud Soup, was a Book of the Month in the Guardian and the Scotsman and shortlisted for the 2022 CLiPPA. Kate has performed her poems at Shakespeare's Globe, Southbank Centre and the Cheltenham Literature Festival among others, and she loves running workshops in primary schools. Kate also writes for adults and a pamphlet of her poetry, The Rainbow Faults, is published by The Rialto. She lives in Oxford.
Eilidh Muldoon grew up on the Scottish coast at North Berwick, and has an MFA in Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art, where she now teaches part-time in the illustration department. She was artist in residence at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2019, and the Fringe by the Sea Festival in 2021. She wrote and illustrated the picture book Snooze! and An Art Adventure around the National Galleries of Scotland. She runs frequent illustration and book-making workshops in schools, and never goes anywhere without her sketchbook. She lives in a small village on the Scottish coast.
Eilidh Muldoon grew up on the Scottish coast at North Berwick, and has an MFA in Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art, where she now teaches part-time in the illustration department. She was artist in residence at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2019, and the Fringe by the Sea Festival in 2021. She wrote and illustrated the picture book Snooze! and An Art Adventure around the National Galleries of Scotland. She runs frequent illustration and book-making workshops in schools, and never goes anywhere without her sketchbook. She lives in a small village on the Scottish coast.