Appearing
Newcastle (20th), Sunderland (21st)
Author Website
to be confirmed
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
David Harmer's poems and stories appear in more than 100 books for children. David also has a number of collections for adults.
He was a teacher for 29 years, 15 of them as headteacher of a successful primary school. He has worked nationally as poet, drama specialist and Inset provider in both LAs and schools.
David has performed in schools, colleges, theatres and front rooms all over the country.
Thousands of children and teachers have become more confident writers through his knowledgeable intervention and guidance.
David has an MA in Writing Studies from Sheffield Hallam University where he currently teaches the MA in Writing for Children.
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The Truth About Teachers Macmillan Children's Books 978-0330447232 "Do you ever worry about what goes on inside your teacher's head? Then these poems are for you! Find out exactly what - if anything - makes them tick (besides marking your homework). It's a definite sign. Our dinner lady Mrs Mack is well in love with Mr Fipps. Because at every dinner time, she winks and smiles when he's in line and gives him extra chips." |
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Read Me Out Loud Macmillan Children's Books 978-0330446211 "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. |
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Pirate Poems Macmillan Digital Audio 978-0330451819 Meet Calico Kate and her cut-throat Crew, learn twelve ways of walking the plank, find out about the buried treasure of spyglass Island and Blackbeard's ghost in this splendid volume of swashbuckling verse. |