National Trust: I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree: A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year (Poetry Collections)

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The gorgeous full page illustrations represent the splendour of nature and are mesmerising to look at. I truly believe there is something for everyone hidden within this book and that this would be a perfect addition to any classroom and anyone’s book shelf.

April – Voices of Water – Tony Milton – I would use this poem to explore water and the sounds associated to water. The book captures the complexity and diversity of nature very well and as we move through it, we are made aware of the changing seasons and a variety of living things. This wonderful collection of poetry offers a beautifully illustrated poem for each day of the year and a diverse collection for every month and season. M Bodecker – Although this poem has a darker tone when you read it with the perspective that February is filled with dark days and frost. In picture books, Walker publish The Dam: a poignant collaboration between David Almond and illustrator Levi Pinfold, filled with wordless landscapes and harmonies heard deep in the reader’s mind.Filled with familiar favourites and new discoveries, written by poets, including John Agard, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Carol Ann Duffy, Robert Frost, Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy and many more, this is a perfect book for children (and grown-ups!

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Gift of the Year 2018, this lavish poetry collection is a perfect present for any age. Avevo scoperto quest'opera in libreria, nella sua versione (non integrale) italiana, ma la traduzione non mi era piaciuta (oltre all'inevitabile perdita di musicalità, il registro linguistico mi sembrava banale e appiattito, senza la vivacità espressiva dell'originale). and 15) - both set white print against a black background offsetting the silhouetted trees; a turn of the page takes us to a bleached out double page spread of snowy poems.

They could investigate how seasons can have different characteristics or occur at alternatives times of year compared to England. This could be linked to history and thinking about the different time periods and their characteristics. I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree: A Nature Poem For Every Day Of The Year, named after the first line of Judith Nicholls' poem 'Windsong', is a lavishly illustrated collection of 366 nature poems - one for every day of the year, including leap years. December – Keep a Poem in Your Pocket – Beatrice Schenck de Regniers – A sweet rhyming poem that could be used at the end of a topic on poetry or end of the year for the children to think about and share their favourite poem.