Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Children’s poetry for 7-11-year-olds with collections and anthologies by Michael Rosen, Joseph Coelho, Carol Ann Duffy, Brian Moses, Benjamin Zephaniah, Zaro Weil, Kate Wakeling, Neal Zetter, John Agard, T.S Eliot, Maya Angelou, Kaye Webb and more.
This fun new anthology of poems about the kings and queens of Britain & Ireland is an ideal class reader for Year 5 & 6 history topics or creative writing.
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