Hubble bubble - Andrew Fusek Peters

A collection of magical poems that will make you laugh out loud, scare you witless and bewitch you! Old favourites by Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Keats sit alongside contemporary poems from top children's writers including Pauline Fisk, Helen Dunmore and Paul Cookson.

Hubble Bubble is packed with poems about witches and wizards, magic and magicians, ghosts, ghouls and goblins, myths and legends and curses, charms and spells.

Links to National Literacy Strategy KS2: myths and legends (Yr 3): poems on common themes; classic and modern poetry (Yr 4); Poems by significant children's writers (Yr 5); longer classic poetry, including narrative poetry (Yr 5); Poetry by long-established authors including... Shakespeare (Yr 6); different authors' treatment of the same theme (yr 6)

Andrew Fusek Peters is an Anglo-Czech poet, storyteller, didgeridoo player, broadcaster, anthologist and author with an international reputation. He is the UK's tallest poet (6'8''!!) and has worked in thousands of schools, libraries, arts centres and literary festivals, giving lively performances and running workshops with all ages and abilities. 'An experienced and accomplished anthologist', according to the TES, Andrew has published more than 70 books and his poems appear in the Poetry Archive, set up by the Poet Laureate to record the best poets.

Polly Peters is a former English and Drama teacher. She was previously Head of Drama at a sixth form college and currently works as a youth/community theatre leader, director and playwright.

Children will enjoy the humour as well as the more scary and stark slants
Junior Education

Its range is impressive and, although there's plenty of mandatory playground jokiness, room is found for several well-chosen extracts from Shakespeare ... plus Keats, Coleridge, Rossetti, Yeats and some fine contemporary work such as Helen Dunmore's poignant 'Asking the Hare'.
Times Educational Supplement

a vibrant collection
Parent Wise