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The Works: Every Kind of Poem You Will Ever Need for the Literacy Hour

by: Paul Cookson

August 11, 2000
This book does exactly what it says, providing all the poetry you will need for literacy and more. I use it for most of my poetry ideas as it lists all the genres and provides good variety.
Only bought this a few weeks ago but already well loved and written on to remind me which poems to use for certain word and sentence level work as well as particular genres. I will be buying the other books in this series as i am keen to find out what else there is to offer in this poetry collection that is so well tuned to the needs of teaching.

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The Works 3: A Poet for Every Week of the Year

from: Macmillan Children's Books

July 02, 2004
A great book, and a useful resource for primary teachers, but it's such a shame Allan Ahlberg wasn't one of the poets featured, his children's poems are fantastic.

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The Works 5: Every Kind of Poem, from an Alphabet of Poets, That You Will Ever Need for the Literacy Hour

by: Paul Cookson

January 06, 2006
A great book, and a useful resource for primary teachers, but it's such a shame Allan Ahlberg wasn't one of the poets featured, his children's poems are fantastic.

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The Poetry Store (Poetry)

from: Hodder Children's Books

January 13, 2005
A great book, and a useful resource for primary teachers, but it's such a shame Allan Ahlberg wasn't one of the poets featured, his children's poems are fantastic.

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Pants on Fire: Poems Chosen by Paul Cookson

by: Paul Cookson

July 01, 2005
A great book, and a useful resource for primary teachers, but it's such a shame Allan Ahlberg wasn't one of the poets featured, his children's poems are fantastic.

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The Truth About Teachers

by: Paul Cookson, David Harmer, Brian Moses, Roger Stevens

August 17, 2007
A great book, and a useful resource for primary teachers, but it's such a shame Allan Ahlberg wasn't one of the poets featured, his children's poems are fantastic.

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How to Embarrass Teachers

by: Paul Cookson

September 01, 2006
A great book, and a useful resource for primary teachers, but it's such a shame Allan Ahlberg wasn't one of the poets featured, his children's poems are fantastic.

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Silly Poems

by: Paul Cookson

January 23, 2006
A great book, and a useful resource for primary teachers, but it's such a shame Allan Ahlberg wasn't one of the poets featured, his children's poems are fantastic.

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Spill the Beans: Poems

by: Paul Cookson, David Harmer

May 05, 2000
What a great book for parents to share with their kids. Described as performance poetry and written by guys who really understand kids, the poems in this 'Best of ...' collection are funny, yet amazingly real. We sat down at the dinner table and took turns reading them out. What a great way for kids to learn to read out loud...and to read poetry at that!

As a teacher myself, I particularly enjoyed the poems about school life. This is the book to read if you want to find out why dinner ladies are more scary than headteachers.

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Christmas Jokes, Puzzles and Poems

by: Sandy Ransford, Paul Cookson

October 12, 2001
What a great book for parents to share with their kids. Described as performance poetry and written by guys who really understand kids, the poems in this 'Best of ...' collection are funny, yet amazingly real. We sat down at the dinner table and took turns reading them out. What a great way for kids to learn to read out loud...and to read poetry at that!

As a teacher myself, I particularly enjoyed the poems about school life. This is the book to read if you want to find out why dinner ladies are more scary than headteachers.