Description
Book SynopsisTeach me the language of Cat:
the slow-motion blink, that crystal stare,
a tight-lipped purr and a wide-mouthed hiss.
Let me walk with a saunter, nose in the air
Full of wordplay and riddles, with poems that will make you laugh, tell you stories and make you think. Rachel Rooney's prize-winning debut poetry collection, first published in 2011, is now reissued by Otter-Barry books by popular demand, for a new generation of children.
Trade Review"A box of delights" Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate 2009-19
"Thoughtful, quirky, sensitive, amusing, edgy" Books for Keeps
"Funny, fast-paced, lyrical and thought-provoking … the poems will grow in the reader's mind with re-reading, year by year." Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, prize citation
"This book is brilliant because anyone, at any age, can read and enjoy it. It would be perfect for a birthday or Christmas present, and anyone who got it would be very lucky!" English 4-11
"This is a re-issue of Rachel’s first and award-winning collection of poems and what a smasher it is, brilliantly inventive and inviting readers to look at the world and things in it, in an entirely fresh way… Altogether the book’s a testament to the power of language and its versatile nature; there’s something to please all tastes here. Quirky stylised drawings by Ellie Jenkins grace many of the pages."
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