Tony Mitton
Tony Mitton is a popular children's poet who has written a number of picture books including the Amazing Machines series for Macmillan Children's Books and Down by the Cool Pool for Orchard. His other titles include collections of poetry for older children. He lives in Cambridge.
Books
All Afloat on Noah's Boat!
Author: Tony Mitton
Publisher: Hachette
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 6+
Combine bright, funny, action-packed pictures with a rap-style rhyming text telling a favourite story, and you get a book like this, guaranteed to engage readers of all ages.
Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus!
Author: Tony Mitton
llustrated by Guy Parker-Rees
Publisher: Hachette
Join in as the dinosaurs stir up a dinosaurumpus! Instantly appealing, with bright and lively illustrations, and Tony Mitton's fantastic poetry and rhyming words.
Come into This Poem
Author: Tony Mitton
Illustrator: Caroline Holden
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Interest age: 4+
Reading age: 6+
This latest anthology is a complete mixture: from the fun and energetic to the dreamy and ethereal
Flashing Fire Engines
Author: Tony Mitton
Illustrator: Ant Parker
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
This story’s full of big, bold fire engines ready to rescue or fight fires. There’s plenty of action, rhyme and rhythm.
Jolly Olly Octopus
Author: Tony Mitton Illustrator: Guy Parker Rees
Publisher: Orchard Books
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 6+
A counting book with a difference, this poem-story incorporates rhythm, onomatopoeia, alliteration, repetitive phrases and wonderfully bright, lively and funny illustrations.
Jungle Jive
Author: Tony Mitton
Illustrator: David Wojtowycz
Publisher: Alison Green Books
Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 6+
It's Monkey's birthday and he's organising a party tonight for all the animals in the jungle. Everyone is putting their best clothes on and getting ready to dance
Plum
Author: Tony Mitton
Publisher: Barn Owl Books
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 6+
This enjoyable collection from popular children’s poet Tony Mitton brings together a wide range of engaging poems for younger children
Snow Bear
Author: Tony Mitton
Illustrator: Alison Brown
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Interest age: 3+
Reading age: 5+
A small bear is searching for a winter home. Everywhere he tries is occupied, until he finds a cottage inhabited only by one small girl, who welcomes him inside.
The Storyteller's Secrets
Author: Tony Mitton Illustrator: Peter Bailey
Publisher: Picture Corgi
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 7+
Toby and Tess meet an old man in an old fashioned robe carrying a staff. He gives his name as Teller and he tells the children five traditional tales in rhyming verse.