All Together Now

Words with rhythm, words with rhyme,

Words to make you feel just fine,

To clap your hands, tap your feet

Or click your fingers to the beat.

Words to make you grow… or cower.

Have you heard the word… WORDPOWER!

Award-winning poet Michaela Morgan has written many books in her career and here she has assembled an enchanting selection of poems both old and new for all occasions and moods. Started during the first Covid lockdown, when the idea of being together again was so very appealing, this collection shares poems to read to yourself, read aloud with friends or classmates, provide ideas to write your own poems or maybe even used to put on a performance. Split into categories including Food (I’m immediately intrigued by the poem entitled Yummy!), Nursery Crimes, Word Play and Monsters…? to name a few, Morgan offers readers a choice of words to make you smile, laugh or just stop and think a little bit more.

The anthology is perfectly accompanied by the instantly-recognisable illustrations from the wonderful Nick Sharratt, one of my favourites being The Piranhas in Guyana – those are some scary looking fish!

Ideal for dipping in and out of and finding something new and fun every time, this lively and thoughtful title is a great addition to poetry bookshelves everywhere.