Helen Taylor

Profile

Articles

Ted Hughes: Collected Poems for Children	BfK No. 157 (March 2006)	Helen Taylor on the relevance of his work.
Poetry Power	BfK No. 111 (July 1998)	Helen Taylor assesses recent poetry publishing for children.

Reviews

The Young Inferno	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
The Ropes: poems to hold on to	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
Inside Out: Children's poets discuss their work	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
Red, Cherry Red	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
The Oxford Book of Children's Poetry	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
The Hat	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
The Tail of The Trinosaur	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
Waiting for the Future: Poems by children on poverty and bad housing	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
The Book of Whispers	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
The Carnival of the Animals : Poems inspired by Saint-Saens' music	Reviewed in BfK No. 157 (March 2006)
She's All That! Poems About Girls	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Runny Babbit	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Hello H2O	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
Where the Sidewalk Ends: poems and drawings; A Light in the Attic: poems and drawings	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
Overheard on a Saltmarsh: Poets' Favourite Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
Whoop An' Shout!	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
Good Enough to Eat	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
It's Raining Pigs & Noodles; A Pizza the Size of the Sun	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
The Colour of My Dreams	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
I Did Not Eat the Goldfish	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
The Fox on the Roundabout	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
Love	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
Don't Get Your Knickers in a Twist! ¦ Ye New Spell Book ¦ Toothpaste Trouble	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
A Nest Full of Stars	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
The Moon Has Got His Pants On and Other Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
A Poem For Everyone: A Treasury of Poems About People	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
The Big Book of Nonsense	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Out of Order: between-age poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Poems from Many Cultures: Poetry Collection 4	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Snollygoster and Other Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
A Poem a Day	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
The Wonderful Thursday Club: Animal Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
Swings and Shadows: A Childhood in Poetry	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
Roger McGough; Robert Louis Stevenson	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Poets of the First World War	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
The Lion Children's Treasury of Classic Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 129 (July 2001)
Uncle Billy Being Silly	Reviewed in BfK No. 129 (July 2001)
Climb Aboard the Poetry Plane	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
The Phantom's Fang-tastic Show	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
Never Play Snap with a Shark	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
The Puffin Book of Amazing Animal Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
The Penguin in the Fridge and other Cool Poems; Welcome to the Snake Hotel: Slithering poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
In and Out the Shadows	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
Firewords: A Book of Wordplay Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
Here Come the Heebie Jeebies and other Scary Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
Pictures in my mind; Walking on Air	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
The Worst Class in the School	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
Wacky Wild Animals	Reviewed in BfK No. 124 (September 2000)
Juggling with Gerbils	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Poems about Festivals; Poems about Seasons	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Five Finger-Piglets	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Blackbird Has Spoken	Reviewed in BfK No. 122 (May 2000)
Never Stare at a Grizzly Bear: Animal Poems; A Sea Creature Ate My Teacher: Fishy Poems; Let's Twist Again: More Tongue Twisters and Tonsil Twizzlers	Reviewed in BfK No. 122 (May 2000)
Sheep Don't Go to School: Mad and Magical Children's Poetry	Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
Read Me 2: A Poem for Every Day of the Year	Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
Merrymaid of Zennor, The	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
Ring of Words, The: An Anthology of Poetry for Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
Trevor McDonald's World of Poetry	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
Wish You Were Here (And I Wasn't): A Book of Poems and Pictures for Globetrotters	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
Dancing in the Street: A Poetry Party	Reviewed in BfK No. 118 (September 1999)
Excuses, Excuses: Poems about School	Reviewed in BfK No. 118 (September 1999)
Picture a Poem	Reviewed in BfK No. 118 (September 1999)
War Poems; War Poems Teaching Resources	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
The Oxford Treasury of Time Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Teaching Poetry in the Primary School: Perspectives for a New Generation; The Poetry Book for Primary Schools	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Word Whirls and other shape poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 115 (March 1999)
Read Me: A Poem a Day for the National Year of Reading	Reviewed in BfK No. 115 (March 1999)
Two Barks	Reviewed in BfK No. 115 (March 1999)
Lost Property Box; An Odd Kettle of Fish; Elephant Dreams	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
Footprints on the Page: Poetry Collection 1; Dark as a Midnight Dream: Poetry Collection 2	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)