I Never Know How Poems Start

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right levelInspiration for poetry can come from anywhere – a memory, an insight and even broccoli!

Former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen explains the inspiration behind a selection of his own quirky poems, highlighting that ideas can come from many different places.

White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language.

Text type: A poetry bookPages 22 and 23 summarise some of the inspirations and resulting poems, allowing children to discuss and explore the ideas from the book.

Curriculum links: Literacy: Really Looking; Language play.

This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.