Poetry Pizza
by Simon Mole, illustrated by Tom McLaughlin
Interest age: 7 to 11
Reading age: 7+
Published by Otter-Barry Books, 2026
About this book
Containing poems about all the important things in life - football, solving Rubik's cubes, food, music, snails.... and many, many more topics! Find out why it's hard to give high fives sometimes, why you should eat pizza if you want to write a poem, and what 'the Blop' is. There's a lovely running joke, too, of outlandish things that a brother has sworn is true.
This fun book is packed with humour, and contains familiar poetic techniques such as rhyming couplets, list poems, haiku, and even invented words. Simon Mole is an energetic performance poet, and this energy has been recreated on the page, complemented by Tom McLaughlin's illustrations.
A slim volume that contains a lot of laughs, and might kindle a love for words and wordplay. Great for the classroom.
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