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On Poetry Street
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Brian Moses
320 books7 followersBrian Moses has been a professional children’s poet since 1988.. To date he has over 200 books published including volumes of his own poetry such as A Cat Called Elvis and Lost Magic: The Very Best of Brian Moses (both Macmillan), anthologies such as The Secret Lives of Teachers and Aliens Stole My Underpants (both Macmillan) and picture books such as Beetle in the Bathroom and Trouble at the Dinosaur Cafe (both Puffin).
Over 1 million copies of Brian’s poetry books have now been sold by Macmillan.
Brian also runs writing workshops and performs his own poetry and percussion shows. To date he has given over 3000 performances in schools, libraries, theatres and at festivals throughout the UK and abroad.
He is also founder & co-director of a national scheme for able writers administered by his booking agency Authors Abroad.
CBBC commissioned him to write a poem for the Queen’s 80th birthday and he was invited by Prince Charles to speak at his Cambridge University teachers’ day in 2007.
A new book of history poems: 1066 & Before That (co-written with Roger Stevens), picture books The Frog Olympics and Dreamer: Saving Our Wild World (OtterBarry Books) and his childhood memoir Keeping Clear of Paradise Street have just been published.
Forthcoming are Python - his first children’s novel, The Waggiest Tails: Dog Poems written with Roger Stevens, and a ‘Best of’ of his poems for younger children.
Over 1 million copies of Brian’s poetry books have now been sold by Macmillan.
Brian also runs writing workshops and performs his own poetry and percussion shows. To date he has given over 3000 performances in schools, libraries, theatres and at festivals throughout the UK and abroad.
He is also founder & co-director of a national scheme for able writers administered by his booking agency Authors Abroad.
CBBC commissioned him to write a poem for the Queen’s 80th birthday and he was invited by Prince Charles to speak at his Cambridge University teachers’ day in 2007.
A new book of history poems: 1066 & Before That (co-written with Roger Stevens), picture books The Frog Olympics and Dreamer: Saving Our Wild World (OtterBarry Books) and his childhood memoir Keeping Clear of Paradise Street have just been published.
Forthcoming are Python - his first children’s novel, The Waggiest Tails: Dog Poems written with Roger Stevens, and a ‘Best of’ of his poems for younger children.
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August 15, 2024
Excellent! Great range of 'teaching' poems and inspiring notes from the author.
Brian Moses is a name I remember from my own youth, book upon book of silly and funny poems, I've used them as a student teacher and read some to my own boys. This collection here is particularly good as they are designed to showcase different styles of poems and ways of coming up with your own.
With notes from the author at the end, he presents a collection of 52 poems that could come from the mind and workshopping of any young person, at home or in class. There are the 'what ifs', the lists, the ones that use dictionaries and inspirations from around us, alphabet and letter play, idioms as a starting point.
Some rhyme, some don't. All show the different ways a poem can be created, just from an idea that you run with. Form doesn't have to be regular, you can rhyme if you like, he shows us various styles of rhyming poems as well of course. I liked that Be and Dragon both started with 'Be...' but one was a very general poem and the other specific to this one creature. Painting the town red when taken literally was very funny. There's even a poem based on silly place names in the UK (I have a list of those somewhere myself).
All in all, a brilliant book for inspiring children and teachers to play with words and just create something. Fabulous notes from Moses at the end, and great illustrations (though the owl looking through the letterbox was actually quite terrifying!).
Highly recommended for primary classrooms and children aged 7-13.
With thanks to Scallywag Press for providing a sample reading copy.
Brian Moses is a name I remember from my own youth, book upon book of silly and funny poems, I've used them as a student teacher and read some to my own boys. This collection here is particularly good as they are designed to showcase different styles of poems and ways of coming up with your own.
With notes from the author at the end, he presents a collection of 52 poems that could come from the mind and workshopping of any young person, at home or in class. There are the 'what ifs', the lists, the ones that use dictionaries and inspirations from around us, alphabet and letter play, idioms as a starting point.
Some rhyme, some don't. All show the different ways a poem can be created, just from an idea that you run with. Form doesn't have to be regular, you can rhyme if you like, he shows us various styles of rhyming poems as well of course. I liked that Be and Dragon both started with 'Be...' but one was a very general poem and the other specific to this one creature. Painting the town red when taken literally was very funny. There's even a poem based on silly place names in the UK (I have a list of those somewhere myself).
All in all, a brilliant book for inspiring children and teachers to play with words and just create something. Fabulous notes from Moses at the end, and great illustrations (though the owl looking through the letterbox was actually quite terrifying!).
Highly recommended for primary classrooms and children aged 7-13.
With thanks to Scallywag Press for providing a sample reading copy.
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