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Home Contact Us Help Free delivery worldwide. Journey to the Centre of My Brain. Description Sneak a peek into James Carter's brain in this brilliant collection of poems.

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Join the party as he takes us on a trip to space, introduces us tigers, mammoths, clouds and bugs and that? The Best Books of Check out the top books of the year on our page Best Books of Product details For ages Format Paperback 96 pages Dimensions x x 8mm Stars, woolly mammoths, tigers, bugs and books. Something for everyone aged years old! Macmillan Children's Books - January This is a fantastic collection of poems for children and grown-ups of all ages. James Carter is so good at making words sing and play, tell stories, transform themselves into wolves, the moon, guitars - in short, he makes words perform!

The book is full of important information too. James asks what you would do if you were Boss of the Universe?

Journey to the Centre of My Brain

I would make everybody buy a copy of this book. Fun to read to your child and an excellent use of words. I recommend the book to others. An excellent book, full of quiet, tender and fun poems for little ones. And not, thank goodness, twee and sentimental. This is a lovely introduction to poetry for young children.. What shines through is a real understanding of the target audience and the things that will appeal to them. A charming and tender collection written for the 'little bugs' that constantly absorb sights and sounds around them.

As a performer of poetry, James Carter writes with the exuberance he would give when delivering poems in person, and each one contains this lively enthusiasm both on and off the page. It is clear the poems mean a lot to Carter, and this is easily transferred to the reader. Children will find it absorbing and entertaining and adults will be reading with smiles written on their faces. Good poetry books for younger children are thin on the ground. The poems are modern — of these times. Want to know how to how to get a woolly mammoth to sleep?

Want to know how to steal a dragon's egg? Want to know what vexes T Rexes and what dinos are made of? Want to know a good name for a dragon? Want to get headbanging at the dino disco?

Children's Literature Interest Group: Interview with James Carter — University of Leicester

Well, you'd better tread carefully as you step into this book, it's brrrimful of beasties grrrreat and grrrruesome, and what's more, plenty of A collection of sizzling science poems that will make you gasp, groan and giggle. With quarks and quasars, dynamos and dinosaurs, take a poetic look at science from the big bang to the end of the universe! What's great, green, slimey, stripey, brainy, zany, curious, cosmic and utterly mind-blowing? The poems in this book! There is a lack of quality poetry books available currently, and in the absence of good single—poet titles, this much needed anthology of non—rhyming poetry does exactly what it sets out to do.

It as a great mix of the little—known and the familiar, and provides serious insights alongside entertaining and humorous pieces. In addition, notes are provided to encourage children to try their hand at writing their own poems. Crafting genuinely effective poems for this age group is not easy and only a few poets have the skill.

James Carter manages to find depth in this well—crafted collection.


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James Carter is an exciting new voice, imaginative and innovative. A great variety of funny and thoughtful poems presentated in a lively and entertaining manner, packed with humour and originality. Michael Rosen's A to Z. A brilliant book for dipping iin….


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Journey to the Centre of My Brain 9 reviews with an average rating of 5 out of 5. James Carter After fifteen years of writing, performing and recording music whilst doing a series of jobs from job centre interviewer to recruitment consultant , James went off to Reading University to do a B.

Your review has been submitted successfully, thank you. There was an error submitting review. Name Please enter your first name only. Location Please enter your location, but not an exact address. This book is really funny, children of all age would say this book is great. I really loved this book. Outstanding book u r a briliant writer good luck in future please dont edit this review.

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