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I love this little poetry book!
I will definitely be using this I’m future as a teacher. It has some wonderfully catchy and rhythmic poems, that’s will be great for all sorts of creative activities from art and writing to music too.

My personal favourite was “Teachers After Dark”

A simple and beautifully illustrated re-telling of George and the Dragon.

This version is easy enough for independent reading in a classroom, but also had a great section at the end of the book about the history of the story. It even has an old painting that inspired this version, and you can look at the illustrated version in the book compared to the historical painting.

Something that could be used in classroom as a comparison activity.

A sweet little picture book about accepting differences and parts of us that we might not like at first.

A beautiful little poem written by J.R.R Tolkien as Bilbo, describing his desire to journey out into the world.

It is a sweet little song based rhyme with beautiful illustrations that accompany the rest of Tolkien’s work.

Probably not of great use for schooling unless LOTR is a specific interest of a child.

This book of poetry will be so useful!

This book had poems that help children to understand or begin to question different religions or holidays from around the world.

The poems themselves are easy to read and rhythmic. And the illustrations and pictures are gripping and educational.

A sweet little collection of 4 line nonsense poems!

Some of these were genuinely quite thought provoking and could work in a classroom setting. The fact that they are accompanied by illustrations by Axel Scheffler would definitely be appreciated by older children who might not at first understand the point of a nonsense poem.

I love this collection of traditional tales from China.
I will definitely be using it in the future for classroom activities.

This wonderful little book is perfectly out together with a collection of different stories. Some very similar to classical stories children may already know, some that help to explain religion or culture, and some entirely new. The illustrations are beautiful, and the book even begins with a little cultural background as well.

Okay this one was a /chore/.

I’m sorry but I didn’t enjoy this at all. I liked the concept, I loved the excerpts from the Monstranomicon with its gross spells and charms, I even didn’t hate the main characters!

But the actually story for me was predictable, even for a children’s novel. The plot felt dragged out, and the ending felt dragggggggged out even more! (I skim read the last 10 pages because I just wanted to put it down).

This story could have been much better put into a fully illustrated shorter novel or even picture book, and I think I would have much preferred it.

A sweet and beautifully lustrated story of Fox’s mission to find the rare Golden Glow plant.

The story is a beautiful short journey where children can get to know geography, botany, camping, exploring and a range of other topics.

The story focuses on the help of friends, sharing, and finding ways to learn and share knowledge whilst respecting the world around us.