Full Description
What can we learn from dragonflies, aardvarks, elephants, weeds and peat? Take a stroll through the natural world with Victoria Gatehouse and let's find out together. From frogs with superpowers to otters with pockets, Aardvark Day is full of poems that shine a light on the fascinating lives of creatures and wildlife - and it's all true!
As a zoologist and nature lover, Gatehouse shares her passion for quirky creatures and fascinating plants in her debut children's collection.
Beautifully illustrated with organic-feeling, lively line drawings by Kate Lucy Foster, and accompanied by factual notes alongside the poems and poem-writing prompts at the end for budding writers.
Contents
Poem for a Pebble
The Tree and Me
Creaturely Cacophony
Fairy Armadillo
A Rockpool is...
Aardvark Day
Beluga Song
Octopus Skin
How to Be a Dragonfly
Sloth on Sports Day
Dog vs Cat
The Butterfly Leaves
The Footprints of Elephants
Planet Earth in Reverse
Planet Earth In Reverse (mirror poem)
My Litter-Picker
A Weed in Need
Interview with a Leaf Sheep Sea Slug
Baby Rays
Jelly Alarm!
The Smallest Bird in the World
White Egret and Black Rhino
Poem for a Tear-Drinking Moth
Truly Strange Mushroom Names
I Have a Liking for Lichen Because
Bee Purple
Bamboo Stew
Poem for Peat
Which Frog Superpower Would You Choose?
A Lizard Has Two Modes
Hope is a Hedgerow
Advice from the Minibeasts
Otter Pockets
Write your own poems!
Acknowledgements
About the author
About the illustrator
