Poems About Emotions: (Poems About)

This anthology of poems, compiled by Brian Moses, contains a mix of light-hearted poems and more serious ones, poems that rhyme and those that don't. There are plenty of good 'read alouds', thumping choruses, and the sort of poems that children can use as models for their own writing. Beautiful illustrations bring each poem vividly to life. For other titles compiled by Brians Moses, look for POEMS ABOUT ANIMALS, POEMS ABOUT THE SEASIDE and POEMS ABOUT FESTIVALS.

Table of Contents:
1: Face to Face by James Carter 4 1: Wonder by Penny Kent 5 1: How Are You Feeling Today-yay? by Kate Williams 6 1: Special is Special by James Berry 8 1: In The Happiness of All by by Jasimuddin 9 1: What’s My Name? by Roger Stevens 10 1: Where Am I? by Mike Barfield 12 1: The Dreaded Doubts by John Foster 13 1: KEEP OUT OF MY WAY! by Clare Bevan 14 1: Somebody Else by Brian Moses 16 1: The Grouchy Song by Joshua Seigal 18 1: ANGRY DAY by Alison Chisholm 19 1: Sulking by Nick Toczek 20 1: Bottled Up by Laura Mucha 21 1: Courage by Penny Kent 22 1: Homesickness by Debra Bertulis 23 1: Zip Wire by Ed Boxall 24 1: Worries by Brian Moses 26 1: My Dog by Marian Swinger 28 1: If Feelings Were Flavours by Kate Williams 29 1: Further information 30 1: About the poets 30 1: Index of first lines 32

About the Author :
Brian Moses lives in the small Sussex village of Crowhurst with his wife Anne, a loopy labrador called Honey and a collection of bad-tempered chickens. He first worked as a teacher but has now been a professional children's poet since 1988. To date he has over 200 books published including volumes of his own poetry such as Holding the Hands of Angels (Salt) and Behind the Staffroom Door (Macmillan), anthologies such as The Secret Lives of Teachers and Aliens Stole My Underpants (both Macmillan), picture books such as Beetle in the Bathroom and Trouble at the Dinosaur Cafe (both Puffin) and non-fiction titles such as Titanic: Lost & Saved (Wayland). Over 1 million copies of Brian's poetry books have now been sold by Macmillan and in 2005 he was nominated for both the CLPE Award and the Spoken Word Award. Brian also visits schools to run writing workshops and perform his own poetry and percussion shows. To date he has visited well over 2500 schools and libraries throughout the UK. He has made several appearances at the Edinburgh Festival, been writer in residence at Castle Cornet on Guernsey, on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway and at RAF schools in Cyprus. Recently he has visited several International schools in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, France and Ireland. He has performed his poetry at Borders on Second Avenue, New York and in September 2006 he was invited to Iceland to take part in 'Kids in the Marsh' - a festival of children's poetry and song. At the request of Prince Charles he spoke at the Prince's Summer School for Teachers in 2007 at Cambridge University. He is one of ten children's poets invited by then Poet Laureate Andrew Motion to feature on the National Poetry Archive. Favourite book: 'Turtle Diary' by Russell Hoban. Favourite Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Favourite Music: Bob Dylan