Recommended Books Recommended Books Some of the best teaching books around Children's Poetry Bookshelf Information on the Poetry Book Society See also - Latest Poetry Books. Poetry book reviews with classroom guide. Able Writers in Your School by Brian Moses and Roger Stevens Developing the Potential of Gifted Children in Primary Schools: A Practical Guide for Teachers. (Brilliant Publications) 138pp £13.50 Able Writers in Your School will help you to develop the potential of your gifted pupils - and all the other pupils in your school as well. It passes on ideas, practical advice and lesson plans that the authors have found work well with brighter students. Over 70 inspirational examples of children's work show how the ideas work in practice and can raise the standard of children's work. Jumpstart! Poetry by Pie Corbett ( David Fulton Publishers) 200pp £11.99 Jumpstart! Poetry is about involving children as creative writers through writing poems. The book contains a bank of ideas that can be drawn upon when teaching poetry but also at other times to provide a source for creative writing that children relish. There are more than 100 quick warm-ups to fire the brain into a creative mood and to ‘jumpstart’ reading, writing and performing poetry in any key stage 1 or 2 classroom. Black's Rhyming and Spelling Dictionary by Pie Corbett and Ruth Thomson (A & C Black) A fantastic school resource. Every primary classroom should have half a dozen. (See the review in Latest Poetry Books) As well as a well laid out rhyming dictionary it contains hints on writing poems and lots of examples. If you see any books you would like to buy - please buy them through us. The Poetry Zone carries no advertising and its only source of income is through its association with amazon. For American and other non-UK visitors you can still order from amazon.co.uk as your credit card will simply be debited in the appropriate currency. This is a chance to buy first-rate books that are not available in your own country - and amazon usually gives good discounts which will often offset the price of postage. To order a book simply click on it and you will be taken directly to the relevant amazon page. If you have any books you'd like to recommend (or to review) please let us know. top of page Children’s Poetry Bookshelf The Children's Poetry Bookshelf scheme, run by the Poetry Book Society, offers schools a specialist selection of quality children’s poetry books for the 7-11 year old age range by post each year. Poetry experts sift through new books from all the publishers in the UK and Ireland and select works which are particularly suitable for Key Stage 2 level. The Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, is a keen supporter of the scheme, describing it as ‘a wonderful initiative’. For a free Children’s Poetry Bookshelf information pack, e-mail info@poetrybooks.co.uk or visit http://www.poetrybooks.co.uk top of page