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Reaching the Stars: Poems about Extraordinary Women and Girls

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Reaching the Stars: Poems about Extraordinary Women and Girls
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Liz Brownlee
By (author) Jan Dean
By (author) Michaela Morgan
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781509814282
ClassificationsDewey:821.920803522
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Macmillan Children's Books
Publication Date 9 March 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This feisty collection of brand-new poems is a celebration of the achievements of women and girls throughout history. It includes poems about Malala Yousafzai, Rosa Parks, Margaret Hamilton, Ada Lovelace, Helen Keller, Mary Shelley, Edith Cavell and many more.

Author Biography

Jan Dean lives near Manchester, but spends as much time as possible in East Devon. She enjoys lots of messy stuff - painting, gluing, digging holes in the garden and making bread. She likes earrings and often wears an enormous pair of giraffes (or penguins) when she visits schools to perform her poetry and write with classes. Michaela Morgan left her hometown of Manchester for a misspent youth in various exotic locations and now divides her time between Brighton, France and Rutland. As a teacher she worked with everyone from sticky infants to tattooed prisoners, but writes mostly for children. Michaela is always a popular speaker at various school events, festivals and conferences. Liz Brownlee has poems on all subjects in over sixty anthologies. Bristol Zoo has twenty-three of Liz's poems on the animal enclosures. She has organized many poetry events, including a ten-day exhibition of poetry for Bristol Poetry Festival. Liz goes into schools, does a variety of workshops and has talked at teachers' conferences. They are all National Poetry Day Ambassadors.

Reviews

Inspiring, motivational, informative...this book of poems is certainly something special. * What's On *