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Poetry topics on specific subjects - like dinosaurs or feelings!

Poems about all your favourite topics from feelings to dinosaurs to atoms to jellyfish, and everything in between.

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18 items

  • Engaging rhymes and colourful pictures create a fun way to learn interesting facts about your favourite minibeasts.
    BookLondon : Orchard Books, 2011. — J 821 AND
  • This Rock, That Rock

    Poems Between You, Me and the Moon

    Conlon, Dom, 1971-
    Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing - poems about the moon, astronomy, and space in a variety of different formats.
    BookGreen Lane, Ardleigh : Troika Books, 2020. — J 821 CON
  • With My Hands

    Poems About Making Things

    VanDerwater, Amy Ludwig
    For crafters and craft sessions
    BookNew York : Clarion Books, [2018] — J 811 VAN
  • Poems for sea week, fish, sailing and the ocean.
    BookLondon : Walker Books Ltd, 2018. — J 821 DAV
  • Self identity, emotions, and personal development
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017. — J 821 KEA
  • Poems about everything science, from the smallest part of an atom to the universe!
    BookLondon : Little Tiger, 2020. — J 821 CAR
  • Fun poems that explore feelings and how to build confidence by renowned poet Joseph Coelho. Inspiring children to explore the magic of language and the power of their voices.
    BookLondon : Wide Eyed Editions, 2023. — J 821 COE
  • Brian Moses' School Report

    Very Funny Poems About School!

    Moses, Brian, 1950-
    Poems about teachers, haunted school buses, lost property and just about every element of school life.
    BookLondon : Macmillan Children's, 2014. — J 821 MOS
  • Yuck, You Suck!

    Poems About Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck

    Yolen, Jane, 1939-
    Very informative poems about animals - apparently pigeons can suck and no other bird can!
    BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Millbrook Press, [2022] — J 590 YOL
  • Wonderful! Poems about individual species of dinosaurs. Also comes as a Vox book.
    Book plus Audio[Fairfax, Virginia] : [Library Ideas, LLC], 2019. — J 811 ELL
  • Short poems about cats, well how about that!
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015. — J 811 ROS
  • Beautifully illustrated collection about the natural world.
    BookLondon : Little Tiger Press, 2023. — J 808.81 ENG
  • What Is Poetry?

    the Essential Guide to Reading & Writing Poems

    Rosen, Michael, 1946-
    An informative guide to reading and writing poetry by leading children's poet Michael Rosen. Including his personal experience as well as his guides to classic poems.
    BookLondon : Walker Books, 2016. — J 808.1 ROS
  • Poetry Prompts

    All Sorts of Ways to Start a Poem

    Coelho, Joseph
    Prompts to write poems, in poem form by the children's poet Joseph Coelho (and British Children's Laureate for 2022 to 2024.
    BookLondon : Wide Eyed Editions, 2023. — J 808.1 COE