Red Sky in the Morning, Poet's Warning
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- ISBN 9781915444806
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jan 2025
- Publisher: Firefly Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
- Age Group: Ages 9-11
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Red Sky in the Morning, Poet's Warning is the fourth collection of mysterious, humorous, philosophical and charming poetry for young people by former Children's Laureate Wales, Alex Wharton. From poems that describe 'Wild Boys' who live alone in the woods to poems about time, fire, or a crazy bunch of animals (including fleas, flies, moles, ducks, wolves and a car-stealing horse…!) These poems reflect on nature's happenings, through observation and experience, but not forgetting to transport the reader to many magical, musical and imaginative worlds. A companion piece to Red Sky at Night, Poet’s Delight published exactly a year earlier, this ambitious volume reveals Alex as an evolving and maturing children’s poet whose vibrant work will resonate deeply with his readership.
Alex Wharton is a former Children's Laureate Wales, and an award-winning writer and performer of poetry for adults and children. His first book of poetry for children, Daydreams and Jellybeans, was shortlisted for the Wales Book of The Year Award 2022, the North Somerset Teacher’s Book Awards, The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (LOLLIES) and was a National Poetry Day Recommended Read.
Alex won the Rising Stars Wales Award in 2020 and has collaborated with key national organisations such as Cadw, Ballet Cymru, Welsh Government and the British Council,and has also appeared at the Hay Festival and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Alex’s second and third collections of poetry Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees and Red Sky at Night: A Poet’s Delight were published in 2023 and 2024.
