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Zim Zam Zoom!

by James Carter, illustrated by Nicola Colton

Interest age: 4 to 8
Reading age: 6+

Published by Otter-Barry Books, 2016

  • Funny
  • Picture books
  • Poetry and rhyme

About this book

Fizzing fireworks, fabulous food, dragons with smelly breath and sploshy puddles all feature in this inspiring book of sixteen zappy poems.

Perfect for reading out loud, at bedtime, playtime or at school, the poems range from funny and exciting to action-packed, adventurous and even a tiny bit scary. All celebrate the art of rhyme and entice both adults and children to zoom around like a rocket, draw the creepiest, beastliest monster ever, or to wiggle their ears and roll their tongues to make funny faces.

Appealing illustrations provide plenty to talk about in this perfect introduction to poetry for younger children.

About the author

After fifteen years of writing, performing and recording music (whilst doing a series of jobs from job centre interviewer to recruitment consultant), James Carter went off to Reading University to do a B.Ed degree in primary education and an MA in children's literature.

He is now an award/prize-winning poet, as well as a non-fiction and educational writer. He is the author of many popular and best-selling poetry titles. He travels all over the UK to give lively poetry/music performances and workshops. In the last seventeen years, he has visited well over 1000 schools, and performed at various prestigious literary festivals, including Cheltenham, Hay and Edinburgh.

James lives in Wallingford with his four guitars, three ukuleles, two daughters and one wife.

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