Shortlisted for the North Somerset Teachers Book Awards 2020

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Cover

Hardback

Size

230x150mm

Length

96 pages

Pub Date

Jun 5, 2019

ISBN

9781910959657

Age 6+

Moonstruck!

Poems About Our Moon

Edited By Roger Stevens

Illustrated by Ed Boxall

An anthology of poems about the moon, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing in 1969.

New poems about the moon from well-known and up-and-coming poets, including many of the National Poetry Day Ambassadors, are combined with classic poems with a moon theme.

This is an inspirational and beautifully illustrated anthology that will spark children's imaginations and celebrate our solar system in the 50th anniversary year of the moon landing in July 1969.

Poets include Roger Stevens, Brian Moses, Valerie Bloom, Mandy Coe, Grace Nichols, Liz Brownlee, James Carter, Jay Hulme, Tony Mitton, Sue Hardy-Dawson and Rachel Rooney, as well as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Emily Brontë.

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reviews

"A sweet sliver of a book."

Kate Kellaway - Observer

"Boxall's ink drawings breathe beauty into these lunar musings and fantastical truths."

Children's Books Ireland

"Not only is this an awe-inspiring anthology of moon-themed poetry from internationally-known poets, it's got interesting facts when they can add to the appreciation of a particular poem's topic. Boxall's beautiful black and white linocuts add another delightful dimension to what's already an out of this world anthology"

Ronna Mandel - Goodreads with Ronna (USA)

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Roger Stevens

Author

Roger Stevens started his career as a teacher, but finding how much children enjoy poetry performances and workshops, he switched to writing. His first books were published in the 1990s, and his first solo poetry collection was published in 2002. In 1998 he founded the online PoetryZone, an international platform for young poets and readers of poetry, which has published around 30,000 poems by children and runs regular competitions, reviews and features. He enjoys working with other poets and The Waggiest Tails, "Poems by Dogs", written with Brian Moses, is on the Otter-Barry Books list. He is also editor of Moonstruck! Poems about Our Moon. Roger lives in Hove, Sussex.

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