Wendy Cooling

Wendy Cooling is an eminent figure in the world of children′s books. As a freelance consultant she works with schools, publishers, libraries and the government on the promotion of literacy and love of books. Wendy was a teacher of English in London secondary schools for many years and left to head up the then Children′s Book Foundation where she initiated the Book Start project, which is now run successfully throughout the country. She is an intrepid traveller - camel fairs in India being one of her favourites. Home is in Barnet.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Wendy Cooling

All the Wild Wonders : Poems of Our Earth
Wendy Cooling
Age 7+. Poems that span the globe encouraging all readers to look at the good and the bad aspects of it make this a rich and original anthology. Twinning the themes of the wonders of the world and the horrors...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Poetry
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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All the Wild Wonders Poems of Our Earth
Wendy Cooling
Both beautiful and purposeful this is a beautiful collection of poems celebrating the wonderful attributes of nature and spurring children on to thinking about how best to keep all living things on the planet safe. Taken from around the world,...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/03/2010
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The Bedtime Collection
Wendy Cooling
A visual treat, this is a rich collection of original stories, rhymes and pictures from some of the best-known and best-loved authors and illustrators of today including Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo, Shirley Hughes, Quentin Blake and Malorie Blackman. Each of...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2009
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