The first in a brand-new series of poetry books created with KS1 teachers and students in mind, but packed with glorious poems that will appeal to a wide audience. This topic-based collection features brand-new poems about fairies, mermaids, princesses, monsters, mythical creatures, dinosaurs, pets, transport, families, seasons, school, people who help us, pirates, the senses, space, feelings, holidays and festivals, minibeasts, food, where we live, nature, friends and the past.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-7 years.

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Pan Macmillan .

Pie Corbett is a freelance writer and poet. He was worked as an English Inspector in Gloucestershire, as an OFSTED Inspector, and has run training nationally for the NLS. Gaby Morgan is the Editorial Director for Poetry at Macmillan Children's Books.