Picture a Poem - Softcover
Introducing children to the possibilties of poetry, Gina Douthwaite's poems leap, dance, creep and sweep their way across the pages in a visual display created by innovative typography. Normous Norman, Thin Tim, Sidney the Kidney are some of the characters and objects whose shapes are created by the text of their poems. There are also somersaulting poems, rocket launching poems, mountain-climbing poems and poems that surprise.
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Book Description:
Do houses have faces? Should a nose be sniffed at? Can you picture a poem?
About the Author:
Born in Cottingham, East Yorkshire, in 1947, Gina has spent most of her working life in the countryside as a field technician with the Ministry of Agriculture. After qualifying as a creative writing tutor, she set up and continues to run creative writing workshops for adults and for children. For several years now Gina has been a Literature Adviser to the Regional Arts Board. Married with two daughters and two loveable dogs, Gina remains in Yorkshire surrounded by fields, trees and rolling hills, allowing her to focus on what she loves best, reading, walking, and writing.
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- PublisherRed Fox
- ISBN 10 1782950559
- ISBN 13 9781782950554
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages80
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