Welcome to a poetry party! This is a bright and lively collection of poems about carnivals and festivals around the world. In it you will find the Chinese New Year Dragon, and Eid song, a Polynesian rain song, and a rhyme from the West Indies about Granpa Jake, who turned into a snake. It includes poems by a varied selection of modern poets including Giles Andreae, Grace Nichols and James Reeves, as well as some traditional poems from around the world. It contains bright, full-colour illustrations, by a variety of artists. It is ideal for use with the National Literacy Strategy at Key Stage 1 and 2. It is chosen by John Foster, one of our most popular and trusted anthologists.

 

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.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .

John Foster is Britain's leading author in the field of Citizenship and PSHE.