Our favourite poetry books (older children)
Check out our favourite poetry books for older children aged 9-12.
Poetry can be great to broaden reading horizons, as well as truly engaging for reluctant readers. Here are some poetry books your child is sure to love and want to read out loud.
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Welcome to Wild Town
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Welcome to Wild Town
This exciting mix of funny, sinister and contemplative verse by two highly-acclaimed poets centres on all things wild, from animal…
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Tree Whispers: A forest of poems
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Tree Whispers: A forest of poems
In a lovely collection of tree-themed poems, Mandy Ross takes us from Joshua Tree in the American desert to the pine and oyamel tr…
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Our Earth is a Poem: poetry about nature
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Our Earth is a Poem: poetry about nature
A stunning collection of poems, beautifully illustrated, that explores and celebrate nature in its various magnificent forms. Perf…
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A Whale of a Time: a funny poem for every day of the year
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A Whale of a Time: a funny poem for every day of the year
A treasure trove of funny poems encompassing many subjects and poets – one for every day of the year! A beautiful gift book.
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Marshmallow Clouds: poems inspired by nature
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Marshmallow Clouds: poems inspired by nature
A captivating collection of poems, stunningly illustrated, that explores and celebrates nature, through the four elements.
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Let’s Chase Stars Together: Poems to Lose Yourself In
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Let’s Chase Stars Together: Poems to Lose Yourself In
A fantastic collection of poems reflecting real life that will have readers coming back to it again and again.
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Wise Up! Wise Down!
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Wise Up! Wise Down!
This lively collection of poems by two acclaimed poets takes readers on a meandering, thought-provoking and imaginative journey. H…
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Sensational!
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Sensational!
Every poem could inspire a child's writing, reading or thinking, and their teachers' too.
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The River's a Singer
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The River's a Singer
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Stars With Flaming Tails
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Stars With Flaming Tails
A stunning collection of poetry for children by poet Valerie Bloom, as fun to read aloud together as it is poignant and powerful.
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Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
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Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
Maya Angelou’s seminal poem Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, about the courage inside us all (whatever age our age), is matched for …
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Michael Rosen's A to Z
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Michael Rosen's A to Z
Former Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen, gathers together the best children’s poetry from Agard to Zephaniah in this…
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On the Move: Poems About Migration
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On the Move: Poems About Migration
This emotive poetry anthology from former Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen, explores the plight of refugees today, Rosen's child…
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100 Brilliant Poems for Children
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100 Brilliant Poems for Children
How do you define a poem? Song lyrics, performance pieces, blank verse, a Shakespearean speech and hilarious rhymes, both classic …
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A Little Aloud for Children
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A Little Aloud for Children
Ideal for classroom use as well as bedtime reading, this is a delightfully varied and enjoyable collection.
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Let’s Celebrate! Festival poems from around the world
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Let’s Celebrate! Festival poems from around the world
Everyone loves a celebration and with this lively, multicultural, poetry anthology there is an excuse to celebrate almost all year…
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A Kid in my Class
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A Kid in my Class
This brilliant and imaginatively illustrated book is the perfect addition to any classroom library; a book of clever poems picking…
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I am a Poetato
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I am a Poetato
This collection of poetry is arranged in A to Z order. It includes funny, touching, fascinating and totally original poems from th…
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Can it be About Me?
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Can it be About Me?
Exploring life in and out of the classroom, the poems in this collection explore everything from spelling tests to best friends, t…
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My Mum’s Growing Down
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My Mum’s Growing Down
What do you do if your mum loves nothing better than complaining in restaurants and calling museum guards fruit bats? What if she …
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New and Collected Poems for Children
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New and Collected Poems for Children
Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, brings together the best of her poems for children.
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What Are We Fighting For?
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What Are We Fighting For?
Starting from 1914, this new collection of poems explores individual as well as universal experiences of life, love, death and ber…
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Lost Magic: The Very Best of Brian Moses
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Lost Magic: The Very Best of Brian Moses
Brian Moses gathers 100 of his own favourite - and brilliant - poems from his prolific career, which spans nearly 30 years, into a…
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Chicken on the Roof
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Chicken on the Roof
If you need an excuse to stay in bed or had one of those days when everything seems to go wrong, Matt Goodfellow knows exactly how…
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Frankenstiltskin
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Frankenstiltskin
This funny, clever and very enjoyable verse retelling of Rumpelstiltskin takes the story back to its original darkly horrifying ro…
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Poetry for a Change
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Poetry for a Change
This is the first-ever official National Poetry Day anthology, and it's a truly brilliant book for children to get stuck into all …
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All the Wild Wonders: Poems of the Earth
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All the Wild Wonders: Poems of the Earth
Celebrating the wonder and variety of the earth - and the need to protect it - this is an eclectic collection of poetry from acros…
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In the Key of Code
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In the Key of Code
Emmy is in a new city and new school and has just discovered computer coding. But why are people in class keeping secrets? Th…
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