As a schoolgirl she would make up ‘silly rhymes about the teachers we didn’t like’, and at home – where she was the youngest of ten children – her mother would make her recite poems at ...
From silly rhymes to lively sound effects to stealthily ... As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly classics and modern thrills for young readers.
Now, I tend to write funny rhyming poems. But as I tell kids at school visits, not all poems rhyme and not all poems are funny. But you’ve got to give poetry a chance. Here’s the first poem in ...