A poet and a Jamaican artist collaborate using the alphabet, rhythmical cadences, and vivid pictures to introduce the sights and sounds of Caribbean life

The Calypso Alphabet

John Agard

Children's Books

Collins

GRANDFATHER'S OLD BRUK-A-DOWN

Literature & Fiction

Red Fox

<p>This alternative book of nursery rhymes includes some traditional material from the Caribbean and also new poems by John Agard and Grace Nichols. Rhythmic, dynamic and fun, this is an ideal book for the younger poetry market.</p>

No Hickory, No Dickory, No Dock (Puffin Books)

Grace Nichols

Puffin Books

Laughter Is An Egg

Penguin books, limited

Dig Away Two-hole Tim (Picture Knight)

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Full of wonder and excitement at the discoveries of science, this is another highly original collection of poems from one of Britain's leading poets, uniquely complemented by the witty and entertaining illustrations of a much acclaimed children's books illustrator. Certain to be enjoyed by all who have an interest in science and the natural world, this collection is poetry of the highest order. Providing numerous links between literacy and science and therefore ideal for cross-curricular work in the classroom, subjects range from water vapour to the wind, from robots to outer space, from physics to chemistry and biology. Always entertaining, often thought-provoking and sometimes deeply moving, this is a collection to treasure and return to time and again.

Hello H20

Hodder Children`S Books

One of the the UK's top performance poets explores issues of race and identity with a mixture of new poems and old favourites for teenagers. 'Half-Caste' is one of the poems on the AQA GCSE English syllabus and thus studied by every student following this major syllabus. As a consequence it and its author are among the best-known in secondary schools. John Agard is also very active touring England with GCSE POETRY LIVE, day-long events of poetry discussion and performance reaching some 80,000 students each year. HALF-CASTE AND OTHER POEMS is aimed directly at the audience for GCSE POETRY LIVE. Built around this seminal poem, it is a mixture of old and new poems that address core issues and experiences for young people. Race and cultural identity is a primary theme and shapes the book. But although he includes poems such as 'Checking Out Me History' about the way the black perspective on history has been ignored, John is just as interested in celebrating the richness of human diversity in poems full of wit, compassion and hope. There are poems about violence, the environment, relationships, politics and grief, alongside

Half-Caste and Other Poems

I DIN DO NUTTIN

BODLEY HEAD CHILDREN\'S BOOKS

We Animals Would Like A Word With You

Bodley Head Childrens Books

Brer Rabbit: The Great Tug-o-war

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

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