Twinkle, Twinkle, Firefly by John Agard
A wonderful anthology of poetry by award winning poets John Agard and Grace Nichols, brought to life with beautiful illustrations by Satoshi Kitamura.
- Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
- Text type: A poetry book.
- An illustration on pages 22 and 23 encourages children to recap the poems they have read in the anthology.
- Curriculum links: Art and Design: Portraying relationships; Music: Play it again – exploring rhythmic patterns; Citizenship: Living in a diverse world
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It Was a Cold Dark Night
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Interpreter of Maladies
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The Mermaid and the Octopus
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Percy and the Rabbit
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Chocolate: from Bean to Bar
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Famous Explorers: Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong
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How to be an Anglo Saxon
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Castles
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Benjamin Zephaniah: My Story
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Antarctica: Land of the Penguins
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Arctic Life
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How to be a Pirate
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Landmarks of the World
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Boudica
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The Guinea Pigs
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Brave Nurses: Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell
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A Finders' Guide to Rocks, Fossils and Soils
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How the Birds Got Their Colours: Tales from the Australian Dreamtime
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Life and Death in an Iron Age Hill Fort
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Escape from the Island
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Mary Anning Fossil Hunter
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Frog and Toad: The Surprise
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Chewy Hughie
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Blood
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Roman Life in Britain
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The Golden Age of Baghdad
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Captain Scott: Journey to the South Pole
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The Story of the Suffragettes
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Hercules: Superhero
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The Incredible Life of Sir David Attenborough
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Animal Ancestors
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Pandoras Box
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The Hedgehog Mystery
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Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
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Percy and the Badger
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Big Cat Babies
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Ice Cream
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Plague and Fire
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Tigers Tale
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Black Holes
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The Titanic
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Theres an Alien in my Spaghetti
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Tara Binns: High-Flying Pilot
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Frankenstein
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How to be an Ancient Egyptian
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Discovering Tutankhamuns Tomb
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Fossils
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Going for a Drive
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How To Be A Knight
John Agard is a playwright, poet and children's writer. He has won numerous awards for his works, including the Paul Hamlyn Award for Poetry and the Cholmondeley Award, as well as having held the position of Poet-in-Residence at both the National Maritime Museum and the BBC. His work has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Award and his poetry has been featured in the AQA English GCSE anthology since 2002, which has helped him to become a firm favourite amongst children and adults alike.
Grace Nichols was born and educated in Guyana. She came to Britain in 1977 and since then has published seven poetry collections for adults and many books for children. She has won the PBS Best Single Author's Collection, and is among the poets whose work is studied on the current GCSE syllabus. She has also won both the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and a Cholmondeley Award.
Satoshi Kitamura is a Japanese children's picture book author and illustrator, famous for his watercolours and quirky characters.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780007336142 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007336144 |
| Title | Twinkle, Twinkle, Firefly |
| Author | John Agard |
| Series | Collins Big Cat |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2010-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |