Author(s): Julia Donaldson,Clare Melinsky
No. of Pages: 160 pages
Date Published: 30 Jan 2014
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Format: Paperback | 160 pages
Dimensions: 130 x 196 x 16mm | 160g
Language: English
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Edition: Illustrated edition
Illustrations: w. ill.

In Poems to Perform, Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind, and her notes and ideas on performing them are included in a special section at the end of the book.

Julia's passionate belief that performance can help children enjoy reading and grow in confidence is informed by her own experience both as a child and now, working with groups of children to bring stories, poems and songs to life.

The poems range from classics by Edward Lear, W H Auden and Eleanor Farjeon to contemporary work by Michael Rosen, John Agard and Clare Bevan. Illustrated throughout with exquisite, expressive lino-cuts by Clare Melinsky, this is a book for teachers, parents, children: anyone who loves great poetry.