Winner of the CLPE Award for Children's Poetry 2020.
This dazzling poetry collection bubbles with excitement and creativity, capturing the sheer joy of the natural world. Discover parades of beast-doodles, preposterous penguins, talking blossoms, playful birds, humble fleas and a host of other exotic and everyday creatures who jump off the page and into our hearts.
Thought-provoking, delightfully original and beautifully illustrated,
Cherry Moon
will encourage children of every age to explore the power, enchantment and wonderfulness of poetry and nature.
Includes ideas for thinking about, performing, and taking the poetry further for more fun and learning.
Excerpt:
LISTEN EARTH
listen earth
make sure
your buried rainbows
come up today
just like last spring
and a million springs
before that