Description
In Poems to Perform, Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind, and her notes and ideas on performing them are included in a special section at the end of the book.
From the author of The Gruffalo, Julia’s passionate belief that performance can help children enjoy reading and grow in confidence is informed by her own experience both as a child and now, working with groups of children to bring stories, poems and songs to life.
The poems range from classics by Edward Lear, W H Auden and Eleanor Farjeon to contemporary work by Michael Rosen, John Agard and Clare Bevan. Illustrated throughout with exquisite, expressive lino-cuts by Clare Melinsky, this is a book for teachers, parents, children: anyone who loves great poetry.
The Point of Loss 
52 Ways of Looking At a Poem 
Let Us Compare Mythologies 
Somewhere Else Entirely 
Collected Poems and Drawings of Stevie Smith 
Comic Poems 
Soemps 
Counting Backwards 
Do Not Go Gentle 
Spiritlands 
You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus