Read Me Out Loud

by Nick Toczek, David Harmer

"Read Me Out Loud" contains a poem for every day of the year from the very best modern and classic poets. There are raps, performance poems, chants, playground rhymes, action verses, poems to join in with, choral poems, poems from different cultures, monologues, dialogues, poems for a series of voices, songs, playlets, loud poems and quiet poems, poems with sound effects and poems with actions you can read them any way you want as long as it is Out Loud! This work includes poems from James Carter, Lewis Carroll, Charles Causely, Paul Cookson, David Harmer, Roger McGough, Gareth Owen, Roger Stevens, Nick Toczek, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Kit Wright and many, many more.

Genres: Poetry

512 pages, Paperback

First published August 3, 2007

Reviews

[Nicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fabulous poetry book that I would have liked to have kept out from the library for a year so I could read them all.

[John Greenwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't rate this collection of poetry highly enough. My 9 year old daughter and I have read and re-read this book so many times already, it's developing its own personality.

Every single night we read at least five of the poems, exactly as prescribed - we shout, whisper, mumble, read them slowly, read them quickly, change our voices, read them together, and take turns line by line - the fun has been, and still is endless.

[Stefennie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quite disappointed in this. The majority of the poems were not great and quite a few of the listed authors weren't in there !

[Kirsty · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great way for ensuring children hear poetry everyday! Poems on a range of topics. Great fun!

[Mariele · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fairly useless for my purposes. I found only a handful of poems that I can use for my ESL lessons. Also, Paul Cookson, one of the editors, used the chance to put in at least one poem of his own into each chapter / month, and he is a really bad poet.

[joanne littleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really fun to read, especially on birthdays!!!

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Delightful range of poems that have extended my knowledge of the genre.