Caterpillar Cake Read-Aloud Poems to Brighten Your Day

by Goodfellow, Matt; Patel-Sage, Krina

• ISBN13: 9781913074661
• ISBN10: 1913074668
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-02-01
• Publisher: Otter-Barry Books

Summary

A diverse and inclusive collection of original poems for younger children by a top performance poet.

Would you like to eat a caterpillar cake? Join a rocket race into space? See crazy crocodiles at the zany zoo or play with a furry, purry cat?

Wherever these 16 fun-filled poems lead you, they will brighten your day. Splashing at the seaside, storytime at school, playing in the bath or riding home on Daddy's shoulders - this brilliant, read-aloud collection for young children has lots to join in with and lots to explore in the brightly colored illustrations.

Author Biography

Krina Patel-Sage is an illustrator, designer, and author, whose artwork is created digitally, using Photoshop. In 2018 she was shortlisted for Penguin's Write Now Illustration prize. Caterpillar Cake is her first published picture book. She has two young sons and lives in London, UK.

Matt Goodfellow is a poet and former primary school teacher. This is his second collection for Otter-Barry Books, following The Chicken on the Roof, for which he was hailed by the Poetry Zone as a "fresh, young and welcome new voice to children's poetry." Matt’s high-energy performances have enthused thousands of children across the UK. He lives in Stockport, Cheshire, UK.

Table of Contents

Contents

Caterpillar Cake  4
Skim    6
Little Boat   7
Let’s Go!    8
Zany Zoo   10
When I Swing   12
Hide and Seek  14
School Photo   16
This Little Pencil  18
Feeling Sniffy  19
On the Carpet  20
Here It Comes  22
My Shell    24
Kitty Cat    26
Bathtime   27
River Lullaby   28