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Hopscotch in the Sky

Marie Heaney author Lucinda Jacob author Lauren O'Neill illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Little Island

Published:5th Oct '17

Should be back in stock very soon

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Full colour, illustrated and hardback poetry book containing poetry on all the seasons for young readers.

Full colour, illustrated and hardback poetry book containing poetry on all the seasons for young readers.
It includes poems about nature, the landscape, the weather and children’s experiences of the seasons from ice-creams to Christmas trees.
An accompanying ebook will be free to download, introducing children to the poetic forms used in the book and chock-full of ideas to encourage readers to try their hand at writing their own poems. It will be especially helpful also to teachers who would like to include writing poetry as a classroom activity with their pupils.
The full-colour illustrations are by Lauren O’Neill, winner of the Children’s Books Ireland Award for Illustration in 2016.

A charming, accessible collection from one of Ireland’s best poets for children, Lucinda Jacob. ... The classy, expressive illustrations by Lauren O’Neill make this a pocket treasure.

* Irish Independent *

This superb collection of illustrated poems is groundbreaking.

* Inis Magazi

  • Short-listed for Irish Times Book of the Year 2017

ISBN: 9781910411933

Dimensions: 230mm x 125mm x 9mm

Weight: 220g

48 pages