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    Right Way Down: A middle-reader poetry collection
    Right Way Down: A middle-reader poetry collection
    Right Way Down: A middle-reader poetry collection
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    Right Way Down: A middle-reader poetry collection

    By Sally Murphy

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    Stand on your head with Sally Murphy, explode some dynamite with Cristy Burne or shoot some hoops with Cheryl Kickett-Tucker. Grow a poettree with Meg McKinlay or curl up next to your cat with Amber Moffat and watch a bit of Stink-o-Vision with James Foley. These and loads more poems by Australian poets are there to discover in Right Way Down. With striking illustrations by Briony Stewart, these poems will have you laughing, thinking, and playing with words whichever way you read them.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateFeb 27, 2024
    ISBN9781760993436
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      Book preview

      Right Way Down - Sally Murphy

      Front Cover of Right Way DownHalf Title of Right Way Down

      For my mum, Michele, who gave me a love of words.

      RMN

      For Mum, who made poetry part of my world.

      SM

      For the illustrators, who make poetry from pictures.

      BS

      Book Title of Right Way Down

      CONTENTS

      COME ON IN!

      Dumped SALLY MURPHY

      Cooking Up a Storm REBECCA GRANT

      Sick RENAE HAYWARD

      Here JAKE DENNIS

      Rapunzel’s Daughter A. J. BETTS

      Off Air SALLY MURPHY

      Misty, the Rock Hunter NADIA L. KING

      Come On In! CINDY LANE

      Shoelaces REBECCA M. NEWMAN

      Lovin’ Basketball CHERYL KICKETT-TUCKER

      Cricket REBECCA M. NEWMAN

      CREATIVE THINKERS

      The Wright Song MONTY EDWARDS

      Terse Verse JAMES FOLEY

      Cutting Reply SHARRON HOUGH

      Right "Way Down SALLY MURPHY

      She Wanted to Write a Poem ABBEY FIELDS

      Tick-Tock SHARRON HOUGH

      Life with Art Is Never Boring (Lucky You’re So Good at Drawing!) NANCI NOTT

      The Boy with the Dynamite Idea: How Blowing Stuff up Can Lead to Great Things CRISTY BURNE

      Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck Make Sense of Smell CRISTY BURNE

      7am KAZ CAMPBELL

      A Gardener’s Guide to Poetry MEG MCKINLAY

      Word Magic AMBER MOFFAT

      CREATURE FEATURES

      How to Be a Dragon Egg REBECCA M. NEWMAN

      Puppy Love LISA VAN DER WIELEN

      Greedy SALLY MURPHY

      Nightsong SIOBAN TIMMER

      Flight RENAE HAYWARD

      To Be a Jellyfish JAKE BAMFORD

      Whale Shark RAEWYN CAISLEY

      A Flock of Haiku DIANNE WOLFER

      Cockatoos CAROL MILLNER

      May Magpie JULIE WATTS

      Pelican BARBARA HELENA HOSTALEK

      Peacock Patrol TEENA RAFFA-MULLIGAN

      The Sleeping Cat JULIE WATTS

      THE VIEW FROM HERE

      Fremantle Harbour MEG MCKINLAY

      On a Bush Camp ALISON A. FERGUSON

      Rain! CAROL MILLNER

      The View from Here SUZANNE GRATWICK

      Autumn Leaves SIAN TURNER

      Bioluminescence CHRISTABEL SENEQUE

      Bibra Lake S. E. DENNIS

      Moments at the Ocean LOUISE BURLINSON

      Birak CASS LYNCH

      HEADING HOME

      Sunday, 3pm AMBER MOFFAT

      Umbrella Tree TEENA RAFFA-MULLIGAN

      cloudy day MICHAEL BUCKINGHAM GRAY

      Hoist the Colours SIOBAN TIMMER

      Haiku JAKE DENNIS

      from Sister Heart SALLY MORGAN

      Nightmare Nights XANTHE TURNER

      Wind Spirit CHERYL KICKETT-TUCKER

      Lines AMBER MOFFAT

      You Are Here JEN BANYARD

      Glossary of Noongar Words

      Poets

      Acknowledgements

      Credits

      Editors & Illustrator

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