Seasonal poems for children (Out and About - Shirley Hughes)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Out and About - Shirley Hughes
Date:	22/11/05 (3034 review reads)
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Out and about by Shirley Hughes

This book was published in 1988 by Walkers books. Cost £6.99p In this picture book a little girl Katie and her baby brother Ollie romp through the year with poems about spring, mud, snow wind, sunshine, rain. Poems about climbing hills, splashing in water, playing on the beach, fireworks and snow.

There are 44 pages covered with delightful illustrations and the poems ones for you to read to your child aged 2 to about 5 a 6 /7 yr old will enjoy trying to read some him/her self.

I found this book in the school library I shall use it for our weather topic.
The last Poem in her book is about cold. Now the weather is getting colder I shall tell this to the children.

Cold fingers,
Cold toes,
Pink sky,
Pink nose.
Hard ground,
Bare trees,
Branches crack.
Puddles freeze
Frost white,
Sun red
Warm room,
Warm bed.

This poem is printed opposite an illustrated page of snowy grass a frozen river with birds standing on the ice, bare branches a frosty house, a red sun and a man holding a childs hand and a dog on a lead, you see their footprints in the snow a wonderful winter image. Above the poem we see the little girl all wrapped up in her hat and scarf fingers encased in her gloves. Underneath The words she is snug in bed, Ahhhhhhhhhhh.

I read the poem about fire when it was near firework night the children really listened.

Shirley Hughes was born nr Liverpool in 1927 and then studied design in Oxford.
In the 50 s and 60 s she illustrated other peoples books in the 70s and 80s she moved to writing her own childrens books and illustrating them.
She has produced many favourite childrens book. . In 1977 she was awarded the Kate Greenway award for Dogger. I an sure many of you have either read her books yourself as children, or the older ones amongst us will have read them to our own children. Thanks for reading this opp about this fun book. Have fun reading to and with your children Mary.

Summary: a book of poetry for children