Poems to Perform by Julia Donaldson - ISBN: 9781447243397
Paperback
Unleash your inner actor: poems chosen for confident young performers.

Poems to Perform

A Classic Collection Chosen by the Children's Laureate

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    1 February 2014

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Summary

In this collection, Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind, and in the notes section at the end of the book are her notes and ideas on performing them. 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 Farjeo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781447243397
ISBN-10:1447243390
Author:Julia Donaldson, Clare Melinsky
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Macmillan Children's Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Edition:Illustrated edition
Release Date:1 February 2014
Weight:149g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 14mm
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Critics Review

This is a book for teachers, parents, children; anyone who loves poetry - and anyone you want to encourage to love poetry.

This is a book for teachers, parents, children; anyone who loves poetry - and anyone you want to encourage to love poetry. * parentsintouch.co.uk *A vibrant collection of poems perfect to be performed by two or more voices. * Families First NI *

About The Author

Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson, the 2011-13 UK Children’s Laureate, is the prize-winning author of the world’s most-loved picture books, from The Gruffalo to What The Ladybird Heard. In addition, Julia also writes fiction as well as poems, plays and songs - and her brilliant live children’s shows are always in demand. Clare Melinsky’s beautiful lino-cuts follow the style of traditional woodcuts. Over the last twenty years her illustrations have been used in books, magazines and newspapers, and include the Harry Potter covers for Bloomsbury. She lives in Scotland.

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