From forgotten jellybeans to sparking daydreams, Alex’s poems, written for primary school age children, are both funny and thoughtful, and aim to spark familiarity and inclusion. And the illustrations from Katy Riddell focus on the fun and dreamlike quality of the poems’ engagement with the natural world. These poems use rhyme, rhythm and free verse and are ideally suited to performance in a school setting, nurturing a love of language, reading, confidence and self-expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From forgotten jellybeans to sparking daydreams, Alex’s poems, written for primary school age children, are both funny and thoughtful, and aim to spark familiarity and inclusion. And the illustrations from Katy Riddell focus on the fun and dreamlike quality of the poems’ engagement with the natural world. These poems use rhyme, rhythm and free verse […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":779,"template":"","book_tag":[18],"age_group":[21],"book_type":[1044],"book_author":[67],"class_list":["post-7181","our-books","type-our-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book_tag-animal-books","age_group-books-for-5-year-olds","book_type-paid","book_author-alex-wharton"],"yoast_title":"Daydreams and Jellybeans | Age 5+ | Little Reads","yoast_metadesc":"From forgotten jellybeans to sparking daydreams, Alex\u2019s poems, written for primary school age children, are both funny and thoughtful. Age 5+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n