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    Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees
    Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees
    Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees
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    Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees

    By Alex Wharton and Rhiannon Smith

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    From Children's Laureate Wales Alex Wharton comes an innovative poetry "how to" collection aimed at school pupils. Doughnuts, Thieves and Cimpanzees is packed full of fun poems, limericks, haiku, song and rap fom Alex Wharton, all illustrated by Rhiannon Smith. There are brief introductions to different types of poets and lyric-writing with sections on how to create your own poems and songs and links from songs in the book to performances on Alex's website.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFirefly Press Ltd
    Release dateOct 19, 2023
    ISBN9781915444592
    Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees
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    Alex Wharton

    Alex Wharton is an award-winning writer and performer of poetry for adults and children. His First Book of poetry for children, Daydreams and Jellybeans, was shortlisted for the Wales Book of The Year Award 2022, The North Somerset Teacher’s Book Awards, The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards and was named as a National Poetry Day Recommended Read. Alex won the inaugural Rising Stars Wales Award in 2020 and is the Children’s Laureate Wales 2023-2025. He has collaborated with key national organisations such as Cadw, National Dance Company Wales, Welsh Government, British Council of Literature and Welsh Libraries, and has also appeared in festivals such as Hay Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival. Alex’s second and third collections of poetry Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees and Red Sky at Night: A Poet’s Delight will be published with Firefly Press in 2023 and 2024. Follow Alex on Twitter @alexwhartonpoet and on Instagram @alexwharton_

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