Blue Jelly and Strawberries
My pancake is a CANcake,
there’s nothing it can’t do
and it really is delicious.
Shall I fix one up for you?
Does T-Rex like a tickle? Do mercats chase mermice under the sea? Would you carry a frog in your hat? Play ping-pong with peas? Or how about finding a tree that grows doughnuts – and then eating blue jelly and strawberries?
This is a joyful and exuberant debut collection of poems for younger children. Full of fun, puzzles and wordplay, with shape poems and nonsense poems – and also including quiet, thoughtful moments.
Packed with delightful illustrations this book is perfect for reading aloud or alone, at home or at school.
Attie Lime grew up in the Northumberland countryside. She has been widely published online, and in print magazines and anthologies. Attie has worked as a primary school and a preschool teacher and now enjoys visiting schools and festivals as a poet, with the help of her poetry parrot, Marjorie. She runs creative writing groups for adults and children in her local town. Blue Jelly and Strawberries is Attie’s debut solo collection. She lives in the East Midlands with her husband, sons, and bitey cat.
Kate Sheppard studied illustration at Bradford Art College and is famed for her "quirky and colourful" drawings. Books she has worked on include 'Horrible Histories' and novels by Alison Prince and Annie Dalton. Kate has run illustration workshops at the Ledbury Poetry Festival and the Bath Children's Literature Festival. Kate lives in the Forest of Dean on the Gloucestershire/Herefordshire border.