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Five Finger-piglets
The fourth title in the "five poets" anthology series which has featured "One Of Your Legs Is Both The Same", "Another Day On Your Foot And I Would Have Died", and "We Couldn't Provide Fish Thumbs". This volume features five more well-known poets.
112 pages, Paperback
First published February 8, 1999
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January 3, 2015
This is a collection of poems by five poets: Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay, Roger McGough, Gareth Owen and Brian Patten - illustrated by Peter Bailey.
There is a wide variety of poetry on offer which I am sure would appeal to a lot of children. I especially enjoyed Roger McGough's poems who incidentally was part of the pop group 'Scaffold' with John Gorman and Mike McGear [Paul McCartney's brother] that had a number-one record with 'Lily The Pink'. I simply love his adult-sized child-like approach to writing poetry. There is great skill in how he uses wordplay and rhyme to tackle topics like love [Valentine Poem],stealing [The Kleptomaniac],and school [the Teachercreature].
Carol Ann Duffy is superb in how she brings mundane things to life [the Piano] - a delight in only 9 lines which can stimulate much discussion about its meaning "what doe mean a piano eats with chop stick?" and [Meeting Midnight]. So too Brian Patten tackles the issue of keeping a secret [Leon Peabody told me a secret] and {Mum won't let me keep a rabbit] with wonderful rhyme and tempo which anyone can relate to and an especially interesting ending which is written as a mirror reflection (which we all found amusing!)
There are also some poems that will make you laugh..[Life as a Sheep] by Brian Patten which gets funnier each time you read it (or so my daughter tells me!) and so too [Word of a Lie] by Jackie Kay which a lot of children can relate to - it has wonderful repetition which is written in capital, full of exaggeration.
The illustrations complement the poems and the combination of all five poets and their chosen poems work well to paint a child's imagination and interpretation of the world.
Superb for any classroom, to be read to the class and explored - language techniques,theme and also to encourage any age to read poetry and experience how engaging and lively poetry can be.
There is a wide variety of poetry on offer which I am sure would appeal to a lot of children. I especially enjoyed Roger McGough's poems who incidentally was part of the pop group 'Scaffold' with John Gorman and Mike McGear [Paul McCartney's brother] that had a number-one record with 'Lily The Pink'. I simply love his adult-sized child-like approach to writing poetry. There is great skill in how he uses wordplay and rhyme to tackle topics like love [Valentine Poem],stealing [The Kleptomaniac],and school [the Teachercreature].
Carol Ann Duffy is superb in how she brings mundane things to life [the Piano] - a delight in only 9 lines which can stimulate much discussion about its meaning "what doe mean a piano eats with chop stick?" and [Meeting Midnight]. So too Brian Patten tackles the issue of keeping a secret [Leon Peabody told me a secret] and {Mum won't let me keep a rabbit] with wonderful rhyme and tempo which anyone can relate to and an especially interesting ending which is written as a mirror reflection (which we all found amusing!)
There are also some poems that will make you laugh..[Life as a Sheep] by Brian Patten which gets funnier each time you read it (or so my daughter tells me!) and so too [Word of a Lie] by Jackie Kay which a lot of children can relate to - it has wonderful repetition which is written in capital, full of exaggeration.
The illustrations complement the poems and the combination of all five poets and their chosen poems work well to paint a child's imagination and interpretation of the world.
Superb for any classroom, to be read to the class and explored - language techniques,theme and also to encourage any age to read poetry and experience how engaging and lively poetry can be.
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