Spaced Out: Space poems chosen by Brian Moses and James Carter

By James Carter and Brian Moses

Blast off into space and explore the galaxies with a constellation of illustrated poems about the sun, moon and stars, black holes and worm holes, asteroids and meteorites, and even weird alien life forms.

From shape poems and free verse to rhymes, kennings and haikus, Spaced Out will take you on an intergalactic adventure. Join Brian Moses and James Carter and a wealth of new and established poets to discover your inner space cadet!

This starry collection is the perfect way to get children interested in poetry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: May 16, 2019
• ISBN: 9781472961136

James Carter

James Carter is an award-winning children's poet, non-fiction writer and musician. He has visited 1500+ schools in the UK and abroad in the last two decades and performed at such festivals as Edinburgh, Hay, Bath and Cheltenham. His buzzy, high energy poetry days/ Zooms are ultimately all about encouraging young writers.

Book preview

For SG, the star-starter – JC

For pupils and staff at Punnetts Town CEP School, East Sussex, where I am their Patron of Reading – BM

CONTENTS

LOOKING UP

The Shooting Stars James Carter

The Point A.F. Harrold

Don’t Just Google the Night Sky Joan McLellan

Tonight David Harmer

Grains of Sand Dom Conlon

Moon Cat Julie Douglas

The Winter Moon and the Willow Clare Bevan

Total Eclipse Valerie Bloom

Playing With Stars Brian Moses

Walking to the Stars Roger Stevens

Space Poem James Carter

THE MOON AND THE SUN

Moon A.F. Harrold

from The Moon Was But a Chin of Gold Emily Dickinson

The Moon Speaks! James Carter

Only the Moon Wong May

Old Moon Bernard Young

Silver Song B.J. Lee

Tiny Moon Zaro Weil

From One Moon Dom Conlon

Moon Landing: July 20th 1969 James Carter

First Dog on the Moon David Orme

Moonscape Judith Nicholls

George, Don’t Do That Bernard Young

The Sun and the Hare Dom Conlon

The Aged Sun J. Patrick Lewis

EIGHT PLANETS, A BILLION STARS

What Are the Great Eight? James Carter

Thank You, Planet Theia... James Carter

The Intergalactic Holiday Bus Brian Moses

The Rise and Fall of Pluto Philip Waddell

Planet So-So Pauline Stewart

Miranda the Frankenstein Moon Coral Rumble

Fishes Are Stars Berlie Doherty

Stars Pie Corbett

Headfirst Into Stars Karen G. Jordan

Stargrazing John Rice

Stars Sue Hardy-Dawson

BLACK HOLES AND OTHER DARK MATTERS

Black Hole Liz Brownlee

Black Hole Jane Clarke

Recipe for Cosmic Cupcakes Julie Douglas

Galactic Waltz Tracey Mathias

Perseids Sue Dymoke

Perseids Carrie Finison

Comet Song Elli Woollard

Dazzle Dance Sue Hardy-Dawson

Orange Star Linda Lee Welch

Space Junk Joshua Seigal

The Monster That Ate the Universe Roger Stevens

Bang? Robert Schechter

Universal Haiku Quartet James Carter

Last Chance Kate Snow

ALIEN LIFE

Imagine... Penny Kent

The Great Galactic Ghoul Brian Moses

Scalien Paul Cookson

Welcome Trevor Millum

Flight From Planet Earth David Harmer

Space Doubt Graham Denton

The Aliens Brian Moses

Old As New James Carter

SCIENCE AND SPACE TRAVEL

Now... James Carter

Discs and Dishes John Mole

The History of Nothing David Harmer

Galileo (1564–1642) Chrissie Gittins

The Big Bang J. Patrick Lewis

Space Dog Brian Moses

Earthling! Do You Know What You Are? James Carter

The First Man In Space Graham Denton

The International Space Station Above Our House John Rice

A Star Called Christa Debra Bertulis

The First Baby Born In Space John Rice

The First Cosmonaut Dom Conlon

Astronaut School Brian Moses

LOOKING UP