Whoop an' Shout! - Hardcover

Bloom, Valerie

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333998111 ISBN 13: 9780333998113

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books, 2003

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A brand-new collection of Valerie Bloom's distinctively lyrical poems, which sparkle with exuberance and wit. Bursting with Carnival Queens, lyrebirds and Whooping Boys, this is a glorious collection. Prepare to be dazzled! Praise for Valerie Bloom: `She is a mighty performer of her poems on stage, but she is first and foremost a writer, and her poems on the page are a tribute to her skill. 'Enjoy the Party' she says [in Let Me Touch the Sky]. I did.' Roger McGough, Carousel `Valerie Bloom has that magic touch which . . . can make the strange familiar and the familiar strange.' John Mole, TES 'Let Me Touch the Sky contains some performance poems of rare and exceptional quality . . . If we had a multicultural Children's Laureate, I would nominate her.' Peter Hollindale, Signal

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'She is a mighty performer of her poems on stage, but she is first and foremost a writer, and her poems on the page are a tribute to her skill. 'Enjoy the Party' she says [in Let Me Touch the Sky]. I did.' Roger McGough, Carousel 'Valerie Bloom has that magic touch which... can make the strange familiar and the familiar strange.' John Mole, TES 'Let Me Touch the Sky contains some performance poems of rare and exceptional quality... If we had a multicultural Children's Laureate, I would nominate her.' Peter Hollindale, Signal

About the Author:

Valerie Bloom was born in Clarendon, Jamaica and came to England in 1979. She has performed her poetry extensively throughout Britain and the Caribbean in schools, universities, theatres and at festivals such as Edinburgh and Cheltenham. Her poems have been included in Poems on the Underground and in the NEAB 1998 GCSE English Literature Anthology. We published her Selected Poems for Children, Let Me Touch the Sky (ISBN 0 330 39216 6), in 2000 and her first novel, Surprising Joy (0 333 96393 8), is also published this August.

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