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A Ticket to Kalamazoo!: Zippy Poems to Read Out Loud!
All aboard for Kalamazoo!
One ticket will let you… ride on an elephant, stay in a bug hotel, travel by train boat and plane, mingle with bears and minibeasts – and even meet an alien! All this and more, in 19 zippy poems to read aloud.
This is a fantastic and eagerly awaited poetry collection for young children, from the author of Zim Zam Zoom! , which was shortlisted for the CLiPPA Award and longlisted for the UKLA Award in the UK.
One ticket will let you… ride on an elephant, stay in a bug hotel, travel by train boat and plane, mingle with bears and minibeasts – and even meet an alien! All this and more, in 19 zippy poems to read aloud.
This is a fantastic and eagerly awaited poetry collection for young children, from the author of Zim Zam Zoom! , which was shortlisted for the CLiPPA Award and longlisted for the UKLA Award in the UK.
- GenresPoetry
32 pages, Hardcover
Published June 20, 2023
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Neal Layton
130 books16 followersNeal Layton is the illustrator of POOP, EXTREME ANIMALS, WHAT's EATING YOU, and JUST THE RIGHT SIZE, all written by Nicola Davies. Neal Layton lives in Portsmouth, England.
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June 8, 2023
A picture book of poems to share with young children and best of all to read aloud, what could be better? The sooner children become familiar with poetry in all its forms the better, they can never be too young to grasp the concept of this style of writing and the wonders, the joy that it can bring them as they begin their reading journey. This title is all about taking a journey too, for it is offering A Ticket to Kalamazoo! James Cater the poet and author has had extensive experience of bringing poems to children, not just in the UK with his latest collection being published in eight languages. Illustrator Neal Layton has filled the book with pictures that are spontaneous, funny and very inventive, perfectly suiting the spontaneity and wonder of the poems. That word, spontaneity sums this book up wonderfully for this is how these poems feel, spontaneous, natural, bursting with life and I am thrilled publisher Otter Barry Books has bought it to our attention.
Have you climbed aboard, do have that ticket for Kalamazoo? One ticket is all you will need and what a fabulous ticket it is for it allows you to ride on an elephant, stay the night in a bug hotel, travel by boat, plan and even plane, mingle with the bears and the minibeasts – in fact simply to have so much fun! Through the 19 poems in the book you can do all this and so much more, let the words take you on a journey, let your imagination run wild.
Have you climbed aboard, do have that ticket for Kalamazoo? One ticket is all you will need and what a fabulous ticket it is for it allows you to ride on an elephant, stay the night in a bug hotel, travel by boat, plan and even plane, mingle with the bears and the minibeasts – in fact simply to have so much fun! Through the 19 poems in the book you can do all this and so much more, let the words take you on a journey, let your imagination run wild.
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