Age 9+. Winner of the CLPE Poetry Award 2011 , which honours excellence in poetry written for children.
Reviewed and selected by our poetry expert, Liam Parkin:
Already an established poet and winner of the T. S. Eliot prize, Philip Gross has produced Off Road to Everywhere, a collection full of poetry that appeals to both adults and children. His language and diction is captivating, and the rhythmic measure of many of the poems is perfect for a younger generation getting into poetry.
Throughout the collection, Gross mixes fantasy with reality and elevates the familiar with images like the ‘Folded...wings of old-gold birds, / Chinese screens’ (Shadow Party); and the exquisite illustrations complimenting the poems pick out more than the words on the page. Gross provide a wealth of knowledge on how to write poetry itself, and many of the techniques he uses can be used for workshops amongst adults and children.
In an elegant and accessible collection, Gross introduces children to a world of thinking, writing and reading like a poet.
The CLPE Poetry Award 2011 shortlist:
A Million Brilliant Poems: Part One
Philip Gross's classics of poetry for children, Manifold Manor, The All-Nite Cafe and Scratch City, set a benchmark in the 1990s for opening doors to rich worlds of language and imagination. Off Road To Everywhere takes the challenge into a new century. These poems grow out of twenty years of creative writing work with young people, inviting readers to click out of passive consumer mode and think like writers themselves.
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Philip Gross's classics of poetry for children, Manifold Manor, The All-Nite Cafe and Scratch City, set a benchmark in the 1990s for opening doors to rich worlds of language and imagination. Off Road To Everywhere takes the challenge into a new century.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Off Road to Everywhere and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Off Road to Everywhere features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Stories in Verse, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Off Road to Everywhere was written by Philip Gross and published by Salt Publishing
Off Road to Everywhere has 85 pages
Yes it is part of Children's Poetry Library series
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