Little Tiger & Walker Books have created the most beautiful poetry books for young readers to share with their adults and with each other.
My Heart is a Poem explores all the feelings – good and bad – that make up our everyday lives. Children will develop empathy and see themselves in the pages of this gorgeous book.
The Dream Train is fun, colourful and incredibly soothing. The soft illustrations will lull readers into relaxation while the lyrical words will help them to reflect on their day and prepare to sleep.
Find out more from the publishers’ descriptions below:
My Heart is a Poem: Poetry About Feelings by various authors (Little Tiger) ~ February 2023
This is a book of poetry for everyone.
This beautiful collection of poetry celebrates the brilliant thing that is feelings. It explores all the different emotions we experience and how different situations bring these emotions to the surface.
From feelings of uncontainable excitement and inexplicable sadness to the electricity which surges from anger and pride, the poems in this anthology perfectly put into words all the different things we feel in our hearts.
Vivid and stirring artwork from an array of talented artists brings breathtaking poetry from a range of voices to life.
Featuring powerful poetry from:
- Mandy Coe
- Laura Mucha
- Nikki Grimes
- Naomi Shihab Nye
- Debjani Chatterjee
- Coral Rumble
- Kate Wakeling
- John Agard
- Karl Nova
- James Carter
- Valerie Bloom
- Janet Wong
- Joseph Coelho
- Ken Nesbitt
- Jack Prelutsky
- Nikita Gill
- Jay Hulme
- Rachel Plummer
- Ruth Awolola
- Elaine Laron
And awe-inspiring artwork from:
- Annalise Barber
- Mariana Roldan
- Masha Manapov
- Nabila Adani
The Dream Train: Poems for Bedtime by Sean Taylor & Anuska Allepuz (Walker) ~ November 2022
From best-selling picture book author, Sean Taylor, comes his first ever poetry collection for children. The Dream Train is a handsome new collection of original bedtime poetry perfect for sharing whilst tucked up in bed, written for the very young. Filled with 30 warm, joyful and atmospheric poems of every kind – from the funny to the gentle, from the surprising to the lyrical – each capture the experience of falling or being asleep, in a pure, emotional way and celebrates the wonderful, busy, imaginative minds of little children. Some poems read like a soothing mantra, helping lull small ones to sleep, others will plant a seed of inspiration to take children bravely and boldly into the next day.
This gift of a book takes readers on a visual and imaginative journey into dreamland, and beyond, and showcases the incredibly rich and inviting artwork of Anuska Allepuz.
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