200 magical poems to read aloud & learn by heart. In 2012, former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion had the great idea of setting up Poetry By Heart: a nationwide poetry recital competition for secondary school pupils. The contest has proved a massive hit, with hundreds of schools taking part. Now this book brings together all 200 poems from which contestants make their choices. A treasure-trove of wonderful verses – love poems & war poems, funny poems & heartbroken poems, familiar poems & rare ones, realistic ones & fantastical ones. Poems on every subject under the sun, with one feature in common: they’re perfect for reading aloud! 200 wonderful poems chosen by Andrew Motion & his co-editors A huge array of the best poets from the past to the present day QR codes link readers to audio recordings of the poems being read Short verses that are perfect for learning by heart & reciting aloud Supplied as a pack of six copies. reading-spine-year-9 reading-spine-ks 3 rbmember summer-18 sum-18 ...

OK: at Scholastic we think reading is brilliant. But did you know that reading poetry is kind of especially brilliant? Poetry is like a yummy superfood for your brain. It gets your creative juices flowing, it lets you play with words (great for your skills & confidence) & it gets you speaking out loud. It can even inspire you to write your own poems. So we think reading a poem a day is a great idea. & here is the perfect pack to help you achieve this clever goal. Poems to enjoy all the way through KS1 & KS2. Unlock the rhyming genius inside you. Fantastic collections ideal for dipping into regularly Great way to build poetry into your daily routine Enormous range of poems on all kinds of fun topics Top authors including Michael Rosen & Brian Moses ...

OK: at Scholastic we think reading is brilliant. But did you know that reading poetry is kind of especially brilliant? Poetry is like a yummy superfood for your brain. It gets your creative juices flowing, it lets you play with words (great for your skills & confidence) & it gets you speaking out loud. It can even inspire you to write your own poems. So we think reading a poem a day is a great idea. & here is the perfect pack to help you achieve this clever goal. Poems to enjoy all the way through KS1 & KS2. Unlock the rhyming genius inside you. Fantastic collections ideal for dipping into regularly Great way to build poetry into your daily routine Enormous range of poems on all kinds of fun topics Top authors including Michael Rosen & Brian Moses poetry-0610 ...

David & Penny arrive in a strange new home in a forest. Other creatures live here – magical creatures – like Pog. He’s one of the First Folk, tasked with protecting the boundary between the worlds. But David is drawn into the forest, lured by a darker entity, who tells him there’s a way he can bring his dead mother back … ...

A dark, hypnotic fairy tale set in a venomous world where evil looks like beauty. If you love Neil Gaiman or Tim Burton, you’ll love this! Poison has always been a wilful, contrary girl. So when her younger sister is snatched by the phaeries, she determines to seek out the Phaerie Lord & get her back. But as she travels through a malevolent landscape where no one can be trusted, Poison must not only rescue her sister but thwart a genocidal plot. In this fantasy world, imagination knows no bounds. The power of story may be the only thing that will save you… sci-fi-fantasy halloween-1016 ...

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Bright colour readers from the world of Pokémon A great way for developing readers to build fluency Accessible mid-length text with colourful artwork Full of favourite characters & magical critters Exciting plots & plenty of vocabulary to learn ...

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