Poems about School; Poems about Space
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This issue’s cover is from a stunning new picture book, Mary’s Secret by David McKee (Andersen Press, 0 86264 909 9, £9.99). An ecological fable about doing without cars, McKee’s story with its bright pictures full of well observed detail is set within Mary’s cheerful family and at her school. His bold, painterly illustrations use the page so confidently and dextrously that their quirky, decorative perspectives seem entirely natural. Thanks to Andersen Press for their help in producing this September cover.
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Poems about School
Compiled by Brian Moses
Poems about Space
Compiled by Brian Moses
Poems about Space features rockets and spaceships, the moon, stars and solar system and aliens in a largely contemporary selection of poems. With space as the theme, I searched in vain for just one poem which touched upon the awesome nature of the subject but the majority of those included are very lightweight. Decoratively illustrated, this book will probably give passing pleasure to young readers but there is nothing truly memorable or mind stretching.
Poems about School – with glimpses of the Caribbean, Africa and India – is a stronger collection. The emphasis is on the lighter side of school life: action rather than reflection with lively chantable rhymes by Ann Bonner and Wes Magee as well as more introspective poems about loneliness by Helen Dunmore and Pauline Stewart.
