Poems from a Green and Blue Planet

Name: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781444951240
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By Sabrina Mahfouz

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Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz is a delightful collection that invites young readers to explore the wonders of our Earth through poetry. The book captures the beauty and diversity of the planet, inspiring curiosity and a connection to nature. These engaging poems aim to spark imagination and a sense of environmental responsibility in children.
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You might enjoy this book if you're looking for a collection of poems that celebrate the wonders of our planet through a child's eyes. It brings vibrant imagery and enchanting language that may inspire young readers to appreciate nature's beauty and diversity.

A GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019, this stunning collection of new and classic poems from around the world celebrates the diversity of life on our green and blue planet, to be shared with all the family. With new poems from Raymond Antrobus, Mona Arshi, Kate Tempest, Hollie McNish, Dean Atta, Sabrina Mahfouz and more.

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Dive into Poems from a Green and Blue Planet and be swept away on a journey around our green and blue planet, from the peak of the snowiest mountaintop to the bottom of the deepest, bluest ocean. Meet the birds circling its skies, the beasts prowling its plains, and the people toiling in its fields and forests and cities...

Explore all the worlds that make up our world, and hear the voices, past and present, that sing out from it. From haikus to sonnets, from rap to the Romantics, this joyous collection celebrates life in all corners of our beautiful planet.

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Poems from a Green and Blue Planet, edited by Sabrina Mahfouz, is praised as a compelling collection of over 100 poems with a focus on nature and the elements. The anthology is appreciated for its accessibility to young readers and its timely theme, making it a rich gift, according to reviews from sources like the Guardian and the Sunday Times. Additionally, the Irish Independent highly recommends the book.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444951240

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 October 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 42.0mm

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 680g

Pages: 448

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About the Author

Sabrina Mahfouz was raised in London and Cairo and has recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and is the recipient of the 2018 King's Alumni Arts & Culture Award for inspiring change in the industry.

She was also nominated for the Inspiring Change Award at the 2018 Women in the Creative Industries Awards and her Snapchat series for C4's Ackley Bridge won a Broadcast Digital Award. She has been shortlisted for the Arts Foundation Award for Performance Poetry and has won a Sky Arts Academy Award for Poetry and a Westminster Prize for New Playwrights.

Sabrina's theatre work includes Chef, a Fringe First Award winner; Dry Ice, for which she was nominated in The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence; With a Little Bit of Luck, which has been performed at the Roundhouse main space and was the first radio drama commissioned for BBC Radio 1xtra. She is currently adapting Malorie Blackman's celebrated novel Noughts & Crosses for Pilot Theatre.

She also writes for children and her play Zeraffa Giraffa (based on the book by Diane Hofmeyr) won a 2018 Off West End Award.

Her poetry collection, How You Might Know Me, was a 2017 Guardian Best Summer Read.

Sabrina is the editor of The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write, a 2017 Guardian Book of the Year and currently nominated for The People's Book Prize.

She is an essay contributor to the multi-award-winning The Good Immigrant and is currently writing a biopic of the legendary 'Godfather of Grime', rapper and producer Wiley, for Pulse Films.