Ideal for use in Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1, these simple poems get to the heart of childhood emotional experience. They are hugely entertaining in their own right, wonderfully supplemented by the witty and humourous illustrations, thus making them ideal for literacy work. They also make a great starting point for discussion about feelings and behaviour. No Early Years setting should be without this valuable book.

 

This book features in the following series: Poemotions, Poemotions Series .

This book is at the following key stages: Key Stage 0, Key Stage 1 . 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. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) covers children from birth to age 5 years. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Hachette Children's Group .

The artist, Mike Gordon, specialises in humorous illustrations and has won several awards for his work. He is based in Santa Barbara in California. Nick Toczek is a performance poet, storyteller, magician, puppeteer and comedian. He has been a professional performer and writer for 30 years during which time he has written over 2 dozen books and performed over 20, 000 times.