Poems for 8 Year Olds
A brilliant collection of poems for 8-year-olds packed with poems about friends, space, pets, nature, magic, family, school, adventure, compiled by Matt Goodfellow and illustrated by Roxana de Rond.
Includes classic and contemporary poems by , A.F. Harrold, Matt Goodfellow, Charles Causley, Laura Mucha, Jan Dean, Kate Wakeling, James Carter, Roger Stevens, Brian Moses and many more.
Matt Goodfellow is from Manchester. He spends his time writing and touring the UK and beyond visiting schools, libraries and festivals to deliver high-energy, inspirational poetry performances and workshops. Before embarking on his poetry career, Matt spent over 10 years as a primary school teacher. He is a National Poetry Day Ambassador.
Roxana de Rond is a freelance illustrator with a passion for drawing people and dogs. After years of moving between the States and the UK, she settled in Cambridge. Roxana graduated with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University. Her book Monty and Mortimer was highly commended for the Macmillan prize and was published as Monty and Milo.