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Mini Library Book Review – Wicked World by Benjamin Zephaniah

Genre: Children’s Poetry

Number of Pages: 96

📖PLOT SUMMARY FROM GOODREADS📖

A brand new brilliant collection from the ground-breaking poet, Benjamin Zephaniah.His verse explores people and places, cultures, nationalities and tribes. Includes poems about Inuits, Celts, the history of Britain, Maories, the Dalai Lama, the North and South Poles, and much more – a real tour of the world.

💭THOUGHTS💭

I wanted to read some poetry for World Poetry Day. I decided on this book. I read some of the poems on World Poetry Day then finished the rest off later. 

The poems were short and varied in style. Some rhymed and others didn’t. They were all different lengths, but the longest was only a couple of pages long. 

The words were simple allowing for a wide age range to read them. 

There were illustrations throughout, which added life to the poems. 

Each poem focused on a nation or culture. I enjoyed being taken around the world and learning new things. 

Overall an interesting collection of poems.

⭐ Rated 3.5/5 ⭐

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Happy World Poetry Day!

For World Poetry Day I am reading Wicked World! by Benjamin Zephaniah (click for link to Goodreads) which I borrowed from the library.

Book Description From Goodreads:

“Welcome to the wild and wicked words of Benjamin Zephaniah! You’ll find loads of the cool people who make up our world in this rapping, happening, hop and hip collection. So come and meet Benjamin’s friends and you’ll soon make lots of new ones of your own!
‘Poems that bounce from the page and demand to be read, rapped, sung and hip-hopped aloud. (Independent on Sunday)”

What poems are you reading today?

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Stacking The Shelves/Library Loot

Welcome to my Stacking The Shelves/Library Loot post, hosted by Reading Reality (Stacking the Shelves) and The Captive Reader and Real Life Reading (Library Loot).

I wanted to find a short book that I could read this week that related to Earth Day. This book came up on my Libby App and I decided to go for it:

A Year of Nature Poems by Joseph Coelho and Kelly Louise Judd (Illustrations)

Book Description From Goodreads:

From Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho comes a beautiful anthology of monthly nature poems which encourage a love for the natural world and the importance of looking after it. 

See how animals behave through the seasons, and the cycle of trees and plants, from the first blossoms of spring through to the stark winter wonderland in December. Twelve inspiring poems from Joseph Coelho, one for each month of the year, paired with folk art from Kelly Louise Judd give this book year-round appeal. A beautiful book for your bookshelf, to spark an idea for your own poem, or to teach a love for nature and to help children foster a love for the natural world. 

‘Heart-flutteringly lovely and powerful’ – Book Trust

‘In the classroom, this book could be used as a reference for writers to create their own season poems; play with the language of the original poems or pair their own personal memories with the weather or changing seasons.’ – North Somerset Teachers Book Award

‘This will appeal to all ages and never date…’ – LoveReading4Kids

With stunning illustrations, this true celebration of the world we live in is a treasure for you and your child to share.

What have you been stacking your shelves with this week?

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