Weird, Wild & Wonderful: The Poetry World of James Carter - Paperback

by James Carter (Author), Neal Layton (Illustrator)

Poet James Carter selects his favourite and best poems, including many classroom classics, with pictures by an award-winning children's illustrator. Welcome to the weird, wild and wonderful world of James Carter Expect to hear the moon speak, explore a magic wood and play air guitar. You'll meet wolves, elephants and a dung beetle; you'll get close to a gorilla and sing a lullaby to a woolly mammoth; you might even meet an alien in a library. Packed with James Carter's most popular and requested poems, plus 8 brand new poems, this is an important collection from one of the top children's poets writing today.

Author Biography

James Carter is an award-winning children's poet, non-fiction writer and musician. He travels all over the UK and abroad with his melodica to give lively, action-packed poetry/music performances. A former lecturer in Creative Writing/Children's Literature at Reading University, in the last 19 years James has visited over 1300 schools and has performed at various prestigious festivals including Cheltenham, Hay and Edinburgh. He is the author of CLiPPA-shortlisted collection Zim Zam Zoom (with Nicola Colton). He lives in Oxfordshire, UK. Neal Layton is an author and illustrator whose images are prized for their spontaneity and inventiveness. His picture books include The Tree, The Story of Stars, and Oscar and Arabella. He thought about becoming a scientist but instead studied Graphic Design, gaining a BA at Newcastle and an MA in Illustration at Central St Martins.