Dancing in the Rain: Poems for Young People

by John Lyons

A breath of Caribbean fresh air, these poems are humorous, beautifully crafted, and perfectly pitched to their audience. These poems are enhanced by 20 illustrations, 3 in full color. A staple of the schools poetry anthology, John Lyon’s poems never fail to stand out for their originality and exuberance.

Genres: Poetry

64 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2016

About the author

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Sir John Lyons, LittD, FBA, is an English linguist, working on semantics. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyo...]

Reviews

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely collection of Caribbean themed poems. There is a large range of poems in the collection, suitable for children of all ages of primary school. Some of them really make you think and I can see children becoming engaged in them. Some of the poems have illustrations paired with them, it would be interesting to explore one of these with children before looking at the poem and then making the connections.

[Rebekah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great selection of caribbean poems that can be enjoyed by people of any age! Many of them tell funny stories through rhyme and rhythm making them fun to read. I imagine it would be great to hear these read aloud to experience the same poems in a different way.