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Dom Conlon

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Manchester, The United Kingdom

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Children's, Poetry

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Mervyn Peake, Enid Blyton, Maurice Sendak, J D Salinger, Joseph Heller ...more

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June 2011

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Dom Conlon is a poet whose work has been praised by Chris Riddell, Brian Bilston, A F Harrold, Nicola Davies, George Szirtes and many more.

Whilst primarily a writer for children, Dom's poetry reaches across all ages as he explores the natural world in search of the moments of connection experienced by all living things. From the Moon in his book This Rock That Rock, to the world of hares in Leap, Hare, Leap, Dom brings a quiet poetry and gentle humour to every subject he tackles. ...more

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	Swim Shark, Swim! by Dom Conlon (Goodreads Author), Anastasia Izlesou 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shine, Star, Shine! by Dom Conlon (Goodreads Author), Anastacia Izlesou (illustrator) 3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Rock, That Rock: Poems Between You, Me and the Moon by Dom Conlon (Goodreads Author), Viviane Schwarz (Illustrations) 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am A Giant 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leap, Hare, Leap! by Dom Conlon (Goodreads Author), Anastasia Izlesou (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fly, Butterfly, Fly! (Wild Wanderers Book 6) by Dom Conlon (Goodreads Author), Anastasia Izlesou (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Matilda Meets the Universe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grow, Tree, Grow by Dom Conlon (Goodreads Author), Anastasia Izlesou (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meet Matilda Rocket Builder 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blow, Wind, Blow! by Dom Conlon (Goodreads Author), Anastasia Izlesou (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Why writing for children makes everything clear

So last week I was guiding a poetry writing session at Nelson & Colne College. I searched my mind, found snippets of memories of me writing awful, intractable poetry about the struggle of life, and decided I could act as a warning sign to all other writers. A bit like William McGonagall might do if he were alive today.

My insight was to show how writing for children might well help to introduce cla Read more of this blog post »

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