A Ticket to Kalamazoo! Zippy Poems to Read Out Loud

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Featuring 19 upbeat poems, A Ticket to Kalamazoo is a delightful picture book of fun rhymes, perfect for a quick story time, for reading aloud at school, or indeed for any time you feel the need for a poem!

There’s a lovely variety of types of poem here, with lots of opportunity for interaction with repeating choruses and lines designed to be called out and responded to, or shouted and enjoyed!

There are also poems like ‘The Terrible Ten’ which invite little listeners to move and make noises like different animals; ‘Conversation with a Fly’, where little ones can delight in repeating the ‘zzzz’ noise; or animal-themed poem riddles to guess the answer to.

As you’d expect from children’s poem supremo James Carter, there’s also plenty of inventive and sound-rich language here, with cute, fun, and engaging illustrations from Neal Layton. It means that every poem has its own theme and feel, with tons of variety and fun.

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