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Poems to Perform: A Classic Collection Chosen by the Children's Laureate

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: United Kingdom; Pan Macmillan; 2014Edition: Main Market EdDescription: 160 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781447243397
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 821.00
Summary: In Poems to Perform, Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind, and her notes and ideas on performing them are included in a special section at the end of the book. Julia's passionate belief that performance can help children enjoy reading and grow in confidence is informed by her own experience both as a child and now, working with groups of children to bring stories, poems and songs to life. The poems range from classics by Edward Lear, W H Auden and Eleanor Farjeon to contemporary work by Michael Rosen, John Agard and Clare Bevan. Illustrated throughout with exquisite, expressive lino-cuts by Clare Melinsky, this is a book for teachers, parents, children: anyone who loves great poetry.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Child Karachi Children's Nonfiction 821.00 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Lost Checked out 15/01/2022 PKLC017290
Book Child Karachi Children's Nonfiction 821.00 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Missing PKLC00000
Book Child Lahore Children's Nonfiction 821.00 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC012664
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In Poems to Perform, Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind, and her notes and ideas on performing them are included in a special section at the end of the book. Julia's passionate belief that performance can help children enjoy reading and grow in confidence is informed by her own experience both as a child and now, working with groups of children to bring stories, poems and songs to life. The poems range from classics by Edward Lear, W H Auden and Eleanor Farjeon to contemporary work by Michael Rosen, John Agard and Clare Bevan. Illustrated throughout with exquisite, expressive lino-cuts by Clare Melinsky, this is a book for teachers, parents, children: anyone who loves great poetry.

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