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.
Words the Turtle Taught Me 
The Tamarit Poems 
The Pencil on Paper: Descriptive Works of Gilbert & George the sculptors 
Strong in the Rain 
Collected Poems and Drawings of Stevie Smith 
Being Alive 
This Is Yarrow 
Hansel and Gretel 
Pretend You Don't Know Me 
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova 
My First Mr. Men Nursery Rhymes 
Ten Poems about Nottingham 
The Skies Above My Eyes